If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!
To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred.
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?