"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them."

"If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it."

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."

"No man is free who is not master of himself."

"We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope."

"Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else."

"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."

"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

"If you wish to be a writer, write."

"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater."

"You are a little soul carrying around a corpse."

"Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly."

"If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please."

"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."

"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire."

"Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort."

"All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way."

"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things."

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

"God has entrusted me with myself."

"Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them."

"We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral."

"It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it."

"Silence is safer than speech."

"Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed."

"If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible."

"If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother."

"If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it."

"Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee."

"The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing."

"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete."

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."

"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death."

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them."

"It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting."

"The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going."

"You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself."

"All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain."

"We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free."

"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them."

"If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked."

"Freedom is the right to live as we wish."

"No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."

"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."

"Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly."

"Difficulties are things that show a person what they are."