"Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as i…" — Epiktet

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought

It is best to be yourself, imperial, plain and true

The only fault's with time; all men become good creatures: but so slow!

There's a woman like a dew-drop, she's so purer than the purest

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.

If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are esteemable

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