Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.

You can be invincible, if you enter into no contest in which it is not in your power to conquer.

You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.'

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

No one who is in a state of fear or sorrow or tension is free, but whosoever is delivered from sorrows or fears or anxieties is at the same time delivered from servitude.

One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models