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.

Everything that happens either happens in such a way as you are formed by nature to bear it, or as you are not formed by nature to bear it.

The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must be always ready to learn better. 'The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.'

Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.

Everything is mere opinion.

No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.

We are born for cooperation