If you think you control things that are in the control of others, you will lament. You will be disturbed and you will blame both gods and men.
EpictetusWho is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?
EpictetusWhen you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EpictetusA guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. You also must show the unlearned man the truth, and you will see that he will follow. But so long as you do not show it him, you should not mock, but rather feel your own incapacity.
Epictetus