When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.
Do not try to seem wise to others.
The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you.
Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.