If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

If you see anybody wail and complain, call him a slave, though he be clad in purple.

Never depend on the admiration of others for self-satisfaction. It is a fact of life that other people, even people who love you, will not necessarily agree with your ideas, understand you always, or share your enthusiasms.

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.