Epictetus goes much further when he asks: Why do we not lose our temper if someone tells us that we have a headache, while we do lose it if someone says there is anything wrong with our arguments or our choice? (80)

Curiosite n'est que vanite. Le plus souvent, on ne veut savoir que pour en parler. (152)

Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. (299)

Caesar was too old, it seems to me, to go off and amuse himself conquering the world. Such a pastime was all right for Augustus and Alexander; they were young …

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

What amazes me the most is to see that everyone is not amazed at his own weakness.

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions.