Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

What is yours is to play the assigned part well. But to choose it belongs to someone else

If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault... Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.

Avoid banquets which are given by strangers an ignorant persons. But if there is ever occasion to join them, let your attention be carefully fixed, that you slip not into the manner of the vulgar (the uninstructed).

To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.

Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.