If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

Whoever then wishes to be free, let him neither wish for anything nor avoid anything which depends on others: if he does not observe this rule, he must be a slave.

If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault... Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world… Focus on your main duty

He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.