Remember this - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?

Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself.

When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.

Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.

Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.