If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken; and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing; so shall you succeed in being well spoken of.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

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.'

Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.

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