Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions. (1)

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things. (5)

Two principles we should always have ready - that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.

Un homme sans passion et sans argent reste maitre de sa personne; mais un malheureux qui aime ne s'appartient plus et ne peut pas se tuer. L'amour nous donne u…

I can never consent to being dictated to.

'Either you think - or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.'