Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.

When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it.

As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and abroad, and of the sort of society they frequent; and the approval of such men, who do not even stand well in their own eyes, has no value for him.

Life is a campaign, a brief staying in a strange region.

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less will be your grief