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.

Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: Where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend...or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we want so passionately are.

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.

Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.

Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please.

We are born for cooperation, as are the feet, the hands, the eyelids, and the upper and lower jaws.

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.