"Some things are in our control and others are not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, prope…"

"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."

"If a man should be in a passion and curse you, go away and say, 'This man is angry with me.' Do not say, 'He has cursed me.' For that is to add to the injury."

"To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported."

"It is better to starve to death in freedom from grief and fear, than to live in plenty with perturbation."