No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.

What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

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

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.