The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.

What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.

You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.

It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word -- on the contrary, he persistently bore insult from others and thus put an end to the fray.

Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world… Focus on your main duty