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Everything of value you can ever hope to possess will exist within you. Your wisdom. Your courage. Your sense of justice. Your self-discipline. Anything else is just noise and baggage.
Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words. We shall, however, when occasion demands, enter into discourse sparingly, avoiding such common topics as gladiators, horse-races, athletes; and the perpetual talk about food and drink. Above all avoid speaking of persons, either in the way of praise or blame, or comparison. (Epictetus, Enchiridion XXXIII)
Your only concern is to improve the faults within yourself.
