“Seek not the good in external things;seek it in yourselves.”

“If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.”

“Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.”

“There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.”

“The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”

“God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.”

“You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.' For the man who has once stooped to consider such questions, and to reckon up the value of external things, is not far from forgetting what manner of man he is.”