First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. You also must show the unlearned man the truth, and you will see that he will follow. But so long as you do not show it him, you should not mock, but rather feel your own incapacity.

Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will think; it is of no concern to us.

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

Fortune is an evil chain to the body, and vice to the soul.

What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.

Nothing great comes into being all at once.