Do Not Strive For Things Occurring To

What Disturbs People's Minds Are Not Events But Their Judgments On Events.

Avoid Banquets Which Are Given By Strangers An Ignorant Persons. But If There Is Ever Occasion To Join Them, Let Your Attention Be Carefully Fixed, That You Slip Not Into The Manner Of The Vulgar (the Uninstructed).

What Is It To Be A Philosopher? Is It Not To Be Prepared Against Events?

If You Wish To Be Good, First Believe That You Are Bad.

Happiness And Freedom Begin With A Clear Understanding Of One Principle: Some Things Are Within Our Control, And Some Things Are Not. It Is Only After You Have Faced Up To This Fundamental Rule And Learned To Distinguish Between What You Can And Can't Control That Inner Tranquility And Outer Effectiveness Become Possible.