It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.

Lampis the ship owner, on being asked how he acquired his great wealth, replied, My great wealth was acquired with no difficulty, but my small wealth, my first gains, with much labor.

Think of God oftener than you breathe.

It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word -- on the contrary, he persistently bore insult from others and thus put an end to the fray.

Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.