Epictetus Enchiridion and Cebes Tabula (1660)

belonging to others: no one will ever compel you, no one will hinder you, you will blame no one, you will accuse no one, you will do nothing against your will, no one will harm you, and you will have no enemy. For you will not suffer any calamity.

CHAPTER IV.

Therefore, since you desire such great things, remember that you must be moved by no small impulse to undertake them. You must judge that some things are to be entirely given up, and others omitted for the present. But if you desire these things, and also seek political office and wealth, and want your own affairs to flourish: perhaps you will not even obtain these