As for life therefore, and death, honour and dishonour, labour and pleasure, riches and poverty, all these things happen unto men indeed, both good and bad, equally; but as things which of themselves are neither good nor bad; because of themselves, neither shameful nor praiseworthy.
translation: life’s external conditions, such as wealth, health, and status, are not inherently good or bad— consider them with indifference, as they don’t reflect moral worth.
