No man is free who is not a master of himself.

• discipline

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

• self improvement
• criticism

Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.

• self respect

Control thy passions lest they take vengeance on thee.

• passion

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

• desire
• gratitude

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

• desire
• wealth
• contentment

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

• moderation

Don't wish to be a general, or a senator, or a consul, but to be free; and the only way to this is a contempt of things not in our own control.

• contentment

So, in the present case, you have not been invited to such a person's entertainment, because you have not paid him the price for which a supper is sold. It is sold for praise; it is sold for attendance. Give him then the value, if it is for your advantage. But if you would, at the same time, not pay the one and yet receive the other, you are insatiable, and a blockhead. Have you nothing, then, instead of the supper? Yes, indeed, you have: the not praising him, whom you don't like to praise.

• praise