Stoic
No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.
From Richard Mott Gummere, Moral Letters 4 (1917)
He who is brave is free.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong people.
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For this reason, make life as a whole agreeable to yourself by banishing all worry about it.
I commend you and rejoice in the fact that you are persistent in your studies, and that, putting all else aside, you make it each day your endeavour to become a better man.
Reflect that nothing except the soul is worthy of wonder; for to the soul, if it be great, naught is great.