The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

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

The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.

It is better to advise than upbraid, for the one corrects the erring; the other only convicts them.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.