“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.” — Epictetus · Enchiridion
“It is not that I'm so brave, but that those who yield to grief accomplish nothing.” — Seneca · Letters to Lucilius
“He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a man who is alive.” — Seneca · Letters to Lucilius
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book XII
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book X
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations