Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.

Find joy in simplicity, self-respect, and indifference to what lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race. Follow the divine.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think.

Consider, for example, and you will find that almost all the transactions in the time of Vespasian differed little from those of the present day. You there find marrying and giving in marriage, educating children, sickness, death, war, joyous holidays, traffic, agriculture, flatterers, insolent pride, suspicions, laying of plots, longing for the death of others, newsmongers, lovers, misers, men canvassing far the consulship and for the kingdom; yet all these passed away, and are nowhere.

Welcome every experience the looms of fate may weave for you.