He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.

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

It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them.

If you think you control things that are in the control of others, you will lament. You will be disturbed and you will blame both gods and men.

Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do

When any person treats you ill or speaks ill of you, remember that he does this or says this because he thinks it is his duty. It is not possible, then, for him to follow that which seems right to you, but that which seems right to himself.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Don't wish to be thought to know anything; and even if you appear to be somebody important to others, distrust yourself. For, it is difficult to both keep your faculty of choice in a state conformable to nature, and at the same time acquire external things. But while you are careful about the one, you must of necessity neglect the other