EPICTETUS original Latin: EPICTETI

THE HANDBOOK original Latin: ENCHIRIDION

CHAPTER 1 original Latin: CAP. I.

Some things are within our power; others are not. original Latin: Res quædam in poteſtate noſtra ſunt : quædam non ſunt.

Within our power are opinion, impulse original: appetitio, desire, and aversion; and, to encompass it in one word, whatever are our own actions. original Latin: In noſtra poteſtate eſt, opinio, appetitio, deſiderium, averſatio; &, ut uno complectar verbo, quælibet noſtræ actiones.

Not within our control are the body, money, reputation, and offices original: imperia — referring to political power, command, or high positions; in short, everything that is not of our own doing. original Latin: Noſtri arbitrii non ſunt, corpus, pecunia, gloria, imperia: ad ſummam, ea quæ ipſi non agimus, omnia.