It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.

What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.