Don’t mistake your assumptions for the truth. - Epictetus

Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.

It is enough if everyone does well what he or she is supposed to do.

Two elements are combined in our creation, the body, which we have in common with the beasts; and reason and good judgement, which we share with the gods. Most of us tend toward the former connection, miserable and mortal though it is, whereas only a few favour this holy and blessed alliance.