The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
EpictetusIt is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.
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.
EpictetusIf you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and if you shall seem to someone to be a person of importance, distrust yourself.
Epictetus