By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.

Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?

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

The man who has a house everywhere has a home nowhere

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.

All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.

Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created?