Marco

“An Epicurean god he cannot be: for they have no troubles and cause none. A Stoic, then? How can he be globular, as Varro says, without a head or any other projection? There is in him something of the Stoic god, as I can see now: he has neither heart nor head.”
― Seneca, Apocolocyntosis

“When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, "I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men," Epictetus replied, "I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!”
― Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus

“We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged

“If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.”
― Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus