As in walking it is your great care not to run your foot upon a nail, or to tread awry, and strain your leg; so let it be in all the affairs of human life, not to hurt your mind or offend your judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your deportment, will be a mighty security to you in your undertakings.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus

If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

A soul which is conversant with virtue is like an ever flowing source, for it is pure and tranquil and potable and sweet and communicative (social) and rich and harmless and free from mischief.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.