What Thou Avoidest Suffering Thyself Seek Not

Cowardice, The Dread Of What Will Happen.

When Any Person Treats You Ill Or Speaks Ill Of You, Remember That He Does This Or Says This Because He Thinks It Is His Duty. It Is Not Possible, Then, For Him To Follow That Which Seems Right To You, But That Which Seems Right To Himself.

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.

If You Desire To Be Good, Begin By Believing That You Are Wicked.

We Cannot Choose Our External Circumstances, But We Can Always Choose How We Respond To Them.