Two principles we should always have ready — that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.

What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.

God has made all men to be happy.

We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good.

It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus

You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful.

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.