I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.

The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.

Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices me wherever I am or whatever I do.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

Wish that everything should come about just as it does.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.