It has been ordained that there be summer and winter, abundance and dearth, virtue and vice, and all such opposites for the harmony of the whole, and (Zeus) has given each of us a body, property, and companions.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself only should we be afraid.

The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.

Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world… Focus on your main duty

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."