You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.

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!’.

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

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.