All provocations given by unthinking people – and it is only from the unthinking that they can come – should be ignored, and the insults and honors of the crowd should both be valued the same. We must not be pained by the one or rejoice over the other; otherwise – whether from fear of insults or disgust with them – we will neglect many necessary things. Seneca, On the Constancy of the Wise Man 19.1–2
