Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

Against specious appearances we must set clear convictions, bright and ready for use. When death appears as an evil, we ought immediately to remember that evils are things to be avoided, but death is inevitable.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.