Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. - Epictetus

If you want to improve, you must be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Where are you going to find serenity and independence – in something free, or something enslaved?

Is the child or wife of another dead? There is no one who would not say, “This is an accident of mortality.” But if anyone’s own child happens to die, it is immediately, “Alas! how wretched am I!” It should be always remembered how we are affected on hearing the same thing concerning others.