He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

Let death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible be daily before your eyes, but chiefly death, and you win never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.

The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others. Otherwise he will necessarily be a slave.