Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.

Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.

Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?

The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.