When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.

If you think you control things that are in the control of others, you will lament. You will be disturbed and you will blame both gods and men.

Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.

You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.

If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things.