Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.
EpictetusIf a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.
EpictetusWho are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?
Epictetus