When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.'

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.

Do not try to seem wise to others.

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

It is the part of an uneducated person to blame others where he himself fares ill; to blame himself is the part of one whose education has begun; to blame neither another nor his own self is the part of one whose education is already complete.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.