Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.

How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.

A spider is proud when it has caught a fly; one man when he has caught a poor hare, and another when he has taken a little fish in a net, and another when he has taken wild boars, and another when he has taken bears, and another when he has taken Sarmatians. Are not these robbers, if you examine their opinions?

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

If you are distressed by something, it is due to your own estimate of it; and you have the power to change it at will.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or 'I am a Roman' but 'I am a citizen of the Universe.

We are born for cooperation