I must die. I must be imprisoned. I must suffer exile. But must I die groaning? Must I whine as well? Can anyone hinder me from going into exile with a smile? The master threatens to chain me: what say you? Chain me? My leg you will chain--yes, but not my will--no, not even Zeus can conquer that.

To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.

Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.

Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.

And have you not received faculties which will enable you to bear all that happens to you? Have you not received greatness of spirit? Have you not received courage? Have you not received endurance?