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.

It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much eating, much drinking, much easing of the body, much copulation. But these things should be done as subordinate things: and let all your care be directed to the mind.

No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?

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.

Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.