Letters From A Stoic: Epistulae Morales AD Lucilium (Illustrated. Newly revised text. Includes Image Gallery + Audio): All Three Volumes

Again, let us possess nothing that can be snatched from us to the great profit of a plotting foe.

but we should also be prepared, when reason, self-respect, and duty demand the sacrifice, to deliver it even to the flames.

no shock of terror to the eye or to the ear. The other kind of evil comes, so to speak, in the form of a huge parade.

"Contented poverty is an honourable estate."

And finally, the wise man regards the reason for all his actions, but not the results. The beginning is in our own power; fortune decides the issue, but I do not allow her to pass sentence upon myself. You may say: "But she can inflict a measure of suffering and of trouble." The highwayman does not pass sentence when he slays. Now

repose does not consist in condemning all motion as merely vexation;

The primary indication, to my thinking, of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

Do you ask what is the proper limit to wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary, and, second, to have what is enough.

Friendship, accordingly, is always helpful, but love sometimes even does harm. Try to perfect yourself, if for no other reason, in order that you may learn how to love.