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

How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Whosoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whosoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.

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

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

Why should a man have any apprehension about the change and dissolution of all the elements? For it is according to nature, and nothing is evil which is according to nature.