"If you are praised, consider yourself a donkey. If you are blamed, consider yourself a donkey."

"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…"

"If you want to be rich, do not add to your possessions but subtract from your desires."

"If you are grieved about anything external, it is not the thing itself that troubles you, but your judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment at any moment."

"The true man is one who wills to be a man, and he who wills to be a man is a man."