"When you are going to meet with any person, and particularly one of those who are considered to be great, represent to yourself what Socrates or Zeno would have done in such a case, and you will not b…"

"Sickness is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself chooses. Lameness is an impediment to the leg, but not to the will. And this you should say on every occasion: for in…"

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

"Small-minded people are fond of saying, 'By Zeus, I wish I were not a philosopher!'"

"Protect what belongs to you at all costs; don't desire what belongs to another."