Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you to act a poor man you must act the part with all your powers; and so if your part be a cripple or a magistrate or a plain man. For your business is to act the character that is given you and act it well. The choice of the cast is Another's.

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

Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.

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

Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.

Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.

Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you.