"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own."
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
— Seneca

"He who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary."
— Seneca