"You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will."

"Remember that you are an actor in a play, and the play is just as the author wishes it to be. If he wants it to be short, it is short; if long, it is long. If he wants you to play a beggar, play him c…"

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

"If a man is unhappy, this must be due to his own fault, that he has forgotten that all things are in his own power."

"Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own resources. The challenges to our spirit are not to be avoided, but embraced."