Nothing outside the will can hinder or harm the will; it can only harm itself. If then we accept this, and, when things go amiss, are inclined to blame ourselves, remembering that judgment alone can disturb our peace and constancy, I swear to you by all the gods that we have made progress.

What is death? A scary mask. Take it off-see, it doesn't bite.

No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

What disturbs people, these are not things, but the judgments relating to things

No man is free who is not master of himself.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.