Difficulty Shows What Men Are.

Authentic Happiness Is Always Independent Of External Conditions. Vigilantly Practice Polite Indifference To That Which We Can't Control. Your Happiness Can Only Be Found Within.

Never Say Of Anything I Have Lost It, Only Say That I Have Given It Back.

It Is Not He Who Reviles Or Strikes You Who Insults You, But Your Opinion That These Things Are Insulting.

Nothing Great Comes Into Being All At Once.

So You Wish To Conquer In The Olympic Games, My Friend? And I, Too... But First Mark The Conditions And The Consequences. You Will Have To Put Yourself Under Discipline; To Eat By Rule, To Avoid Cakes And Sweetmeats; To Take Exercise At The Appointed Hour Whether You Like It Or Not, In Cold And Heat; To Abstain From Cold Drinks And Wine At Your Will. Then, In The Conflict Itself You Are Likely Enough To Dislocate Your Wrist Or Twist Your Ankle, To Swallow A Great Deal Of Dust, To Be Severely Thrashed, And After All Of These Things, To Be Defeated.