All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments.

A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.

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

It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.

Only the educated are free.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

What will the world be quite overturned when you die?

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

No man is free who is not a master of himself.

The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.