Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions–in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing.

We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not try to anticipate or to direct events, but merely to accept them with intelligence.

The best place to get help is from yourself.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

If you have assumed a character above your strength, you have both acted in this matter in an unbecoming way, and you have neglected that which you might have fulfilled.

Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?