The great soul surrenders itself to fate.
What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.
The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.