It will suffice thee to remember as concerning pain ... that the mind may, by stopping all manner of commerce and sympathy with the body, still retain its own tranquility.

Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.

Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.

It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities .

All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.