Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.

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?

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

God has made all men to be happy.

Happiness is an equivalent for all troublesome things.

The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.