No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing.
Dissembling profiteth nothing; a feigned countenance, and slightly forged externally, deceiveth but very few.
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.
Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.