If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.

Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.

No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.

If you wish to write, write.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. Things and people are not what we wish them to be nor are they what they seem to be. They are what they are.

When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.'

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.