You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful.
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!’.
It is difficulties that show what men are.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.