If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.

Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us, no matter what we are doing?... what do you wish to be doing when it overtakes you?... If you have anything better to be doing when you are so overtaken, get to work on that.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

When any person treats you ill or speaks ill of you, remember that he does this or says this because he thinks it is his duty. It is not possible, then, for him to follow that which seems right to you, but that which seems right to himself.