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"On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use" --- Epictetus

"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone" --- Marcus Aurelius

"Remind thyself that he whom thou lovest is mortal that what\nthou lovest is not thine own; it is given thee for the present, not\nirrevocably nor for ever, but even as a fig or a bunch of grapes at\nthe appointed season of the yea" --- Epictetus

"To accept injury without a spirit of savage resentment-to show ourselves merciful toward those who wrong us-being a source of good hope to them-is characteristic of a benevolent and civilized way of life" --- Gaius Musonius Rufus

"Men do not care how nobly they live, but only for how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long" --- Lucius Annaeus Seneca