"To be happy is to desire nothing, since a man who desires something is not happy, but rather miserable, if he does not get what he desires."

"What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery- beware enslaving others! If you can endure to do that, one would think you had been once upon a time a slave yoursel…"

"What would it be like to be a donkey? To be driven by a stick, to carry burdens, to have no choice? It would be a simple life, wouldn't it?"

"It is not poverty that is feared, but the opinion about poverty."

"If you want to live a life free from trouble, you must train your mind to be indifferent to external things."