“Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”

“What is death? A "tragic mask." Turn it and examine it. See, it does not bite. The poor body must be separated from the spirit either now or later, as it was separated from it before. Why, then, are you troubled, if it be separated now? for if it is not separated now, it will be separated afterward. Why? That the period of the universe may be completed, for it has need of the present, and of the future, and of the past. What is pain? A mask. Turn it and examine it. The poor flesh is moved roughly, then, on the contrary, smoothly. If this does not satisfy you, the door is open: if it does, bear. For the door ought to be open for all occasions; and so we have no trouble.”

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

“If you want to improve, you must be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”

“If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it.”