Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.
We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself. Epictetus Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/epictetus_3.html#fXoF7ffcwHGdRTZY.99
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.