Excerpt from Selections From Epictetus IT has been the aim of the editor to give in a small compass some of the choice sayings of this great man, from whom Marcus Aurelius drew much of his inspiration. Well would it be for our chil dren, in this age of haste and nervous tension, to have these calm old philosophers for companions and to form a habit early in life of saving a portion of each day for the study of good literature; to dwell upon the lives of great men, and learn, if they can, the sources of their greatness. They all tell us that good habits lie at the foundation. What we do to-day will become easier to-morrow, and repeating the same thing only a few times forges a chain hard to be broken. We all remember in our childhood how hard it was the first time even on a steep hill to 'drag the sled down through the soft driven snow. The second time it was easier. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.