No man is free who is not master of himself.

Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but only "I have given it back." Is your child dead? It has been given back. Is your wife dead? She has been returned.

The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.

Whoever then wishes to be free, let him neither wish for anything nor avoid anything which depends on others: if he does not observe this rule, he must be a slave.

What will the world be quite overturned when you die?

The best place to get help is from yourself.

No man is free who is not master of himself.