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

That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.

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.

Snow endures but for a season, and joy comes with the morning.

Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all.

So you know how things stand. Now forget what they think of you. Be satisfied if you can live the rest of your life, however short, as your nature demands. Focus on that, and don't let anything distract you. You've wandered all over and finally realized that you never found what you were after: how to live. Not in syllogisms, not in money, or fame, or self-indulgence. Nowhere.

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.