"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly."

"What would it be like to be a sheep? To have no reason, no sense of shame, to be driven by instinct alone? It would be terrible, wouldn't it?"

"If you want to be a philosopher, prepare to be mocked."

"Don't be surprised if those outside are always talking against you and making jokes about you."

"Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power."