Try Not To React Merely In The

We Can't Control The Impressions Others Form About Us, And The Effort To Do So Only Debases Our Character.

It Is A Mark Of A Mean Capacity To Spend Much Time On The Things Which Concern The Body, Such As Much Exercise, Much Eating, Much Drinking, Much Easing Of The Body, Much Copulation. But These Things Should Be Done As Subordinate Things: And Let All Your Care Be Directed To The Mind.

No Great Thing Is Created Suddenly.

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.

The Two Powers Which In My Opinion Constitute A Wise Man Are Those Of Bearing And Forbearing.