"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."
"I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?"
"Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?"
"As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new."
"When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’."
"We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope."