It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses rather than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses.

To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.