To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not do it; to unmake a habit, do something else in place of it.
EpictetusIn prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
EpictetusWe 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.
EpictetusThese reasonings are unconnected: "I am richer than you, therefore I am better"; "I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better." The connection is rather this: "I am richer than you, therefore my property is greater than yours;" "I am more eloquent than you, therefore my style is better than yours." But you, after all, are neither property nor style.
Epictetus