Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes from herself, and it is her own motions which affect her. As for the contingencies of fortune, they are either great or little, according to the opinion she has of her own strength.

Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.

...small too even the longest fame thereafter, which is itself subject to a succession of little men who quickly die, and have no knowledge of themselves, let alone of those long dead.

I consist of a little body and a soul.

A little time, and thou shalt close thy eyes; and him who has attended thee to thy grave, another soon will lament.

Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.

Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found?

On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I am dead, and all is gone.