Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.

It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.

If what charms you is nothing but abstract principles, sit down and turn them over quietly in your mind: but never dub yourself a Philosopher.

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

What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.

Only the educated are free.

It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.