Common And Vulgar People Ascribe All Ills

What Disturbs People's Minds Are Not Events But Their Judgments On Events.

In Every Affair Consider What Precedes And What Follows, And Then Undertake It

In Theory It Is Easy To Convince An Ignorant Person; In Actual Life, Men Not Only Object To Offer Themselves To Be Convinced, But Hate The Man Who Has Convinced Them.

First Learn The Meaning Of What You Say, And Then Speak.

If You Would Cure Anger, Do Not Feed It. Say To Yourself: 'i Used To Be Angry Every Day; Then Every Other Day; Now Only Every Third Or Fourth Day.' When You Reach Thirty Days Offer A Sacrifice Of Thanksgiving To The Gods.