It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.

Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.

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

Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.

It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.

Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.