| If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad. |
| In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is most difficult of all things. |
| No man is free unless he is the master of himself. |
| Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. |
| The divine order does not design people or circumstance according to our tastes. |
| If you ever happen to turn your attention to externals, for the pleasure of any one, be assured that you have ruined your scheme of life. |
| Check your passions that you may not be punished by them. |
| Working within our sphere of control, we are naturally free, independent, and strong. Beyond that sphere, we are weak, limited, and dependent. |
| Goodness exists independently of our conception of it. The good is out there and it always has been out there, even before we began to exist. |
| Those proficient praise no one, blame no one, and accuse no one. |
| Disease is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself chooses. |
| Show me a man who though sick is happy, who though in danger is happy, who though in prison is happy, and I'll show you a Stoic. |
| When you are feeling upset, angry, or sad, don’t blame another for your state of mind. Your condition is the result of your own opinions and interpretations. |
| Be free from grief; not through insensibility like the irrational animals, nor through want of thought like the foolish, but like a man of virtue by having reason as the consolation of grief. |
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