Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason; and to be always the same, in sharp pains, on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness.

If I and my two children cannot move the gods, the gods must have their reasons.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.