-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.

Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit