It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.

Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.

If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.

If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

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

What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the right thing to do now?"