It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much eating, much drinking, much easing of the body, much copulation. But these things should be done as subordinate things: and let all your care be directed to the mind.

Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.

Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another.

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?

We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. Our duty is confined to playing them well.

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible only if we fear it.