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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favors you have received.
-Seneca the Younger

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Epictetus

A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.
– Epictetus

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
– Epictetus

Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
– Epictetus

The best cure for anger is delay.
-Seneca the Younger

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. True good fortune is what you make for yourself.
-Marcus Aurelius

Dig within. There lies the wellspring of good.
-Marcus Aurelius

You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
– Epictetus

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
-Seneca the Younger