"Good and evil, per Epictetus, lie only in the will."

"If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both dishonored yourself in that, and neglected what you might have done."

"You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will."

"Don't seek to have things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you."

"If you are praised by others, do not be puffed up; if you are blamed, do not be cast down."