Confident because of our caution

Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.

Every place is safe to him who lives with justice.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking.

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.