If You Would Be Good, First Believe

Ask Yourself: Does This Appearance (of Events) Concern The Things That Are Within My Own Control Or Those That Are Not? If It Concerns Anything Outside Your Control, Train Yourself Not To Worry About It.

You May Fetter My Leg, But Zeus Himself Cannot Get The Better Of My Free Will.

We Are Not Disturbed By What Happens To Us, But By Our Thoughts About What Happens To Us.

Confidence In Nonsense Is A Requirement For The Creative Process.

If Anyone Tells You That A Certain Person Speaks Ill Of You, Do Not Make Excuses About What Is Said Of You But Answer, "he Was Ignorant Of My Other Faults, Else He Would Not Have Mentioned These Alone.