What Disturbs People's Minds Are Not Events

When A Man Is Proud Because He Can Understand And Explain The Writings Of Chrysippus, Say To Yourself, 'if Chrysippus Had Not Written Obscurely, This Man Would Have Had Nothing To Be Proud Of.'

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

You Are A Principal Work, A Fragment Of [goddess Herself], You Have In Yourself A Part Of [her]. Why Then Are You Ignorant Of Your High Birth?

Do Not Try To Seem Wise To Others.

Any Person Capable Of Angering You Becomes Your Master.