To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. — Marco Aurélio

“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not, ‘This is misfortune,’ but, ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.’” Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment. “Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.” “The first step: Don’t be anxious. Nature controls it all.”

...people are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded. The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli I do not cut my life up into days but my days into lives, each day, each hour, an entire life. Juan Ramón Jiménez We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one. Voltaire We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Platão