Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

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

Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee?

Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.

It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.