Difficulties are things that show what men are.
Epictetus Quotes
If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: “He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned”.
Nature has given men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.
Confident because of our caution.
Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?
The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man’s task.
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
