Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore, even in a palace a right life is possible.

Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.