Timely Wisdom

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
- Epictetus

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
- Epictetus

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
- Epictetus

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
- Epictetus

If you wish to be a writer, write.
- Epictetus

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
- Epictetus

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
- Epictetus

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
- Epictetus