Epictetus

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants…

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of…

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things…

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them…

When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own…

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you…

Freedom is the right to live as we wish…

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig…

No great thing is created suddenly…

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a…

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to…

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in…

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as…

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is…