To rule yourself is the ultimate power

You are your choices.

The things which we hold in our hands, which we see with our eyes, and which our avarice hugs, are transitory, they may be taken from us by ill luck or by violence; but a kindness lasts even after the loss of that by means of which it was bestowed; for it is a good deed, which no violence can undo.

The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?

Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.

To live is not a blessing, but to live well.

No possession is gratifying without a companion.