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

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate.

You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you. Things can't shape our decisions by themselves.

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

The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.

So much worse are the consequences of anger than its causes.