Difficulty shows what men are.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Everything has two handles,-one by which it may be borne; another by which it cannot.

When you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and then you will see how you will move the speaker.

Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.

What is death? A scary mask. Take it off-see, it doesn't bite.

The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.