Nothing great is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. If you say to me now that you want a fig, I will answer to you that it requires time: let it flower first, then put forth fruit, and then ripen.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.
The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.