Let us fight the battle-retreat from the things that attract us and rouse ourselves to meet the things that actually attack us.

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

No one should feel pride in anything that is not his own.

We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.