Enchiridion · §24

αὗται αἱ σκέψεις μή σε θλιβέτωσαν· "ἄτιμος βιώσομαι καὶ οὐδαμοῦ οὐδείς"· εἰ γὰρ ἡ ἀτιμία ἐστὶν κακόν, οὐ δύνασαί σοι κακὸν παρ᾽ ἄλλου γενέσθαι, ὡς οὐδὲ αἰσχρόν. μή σου ἐστιν ἔργον τὸ τυχεῖν ἀρχῆς ἢ κληθῆναι ἐπὶ δεῖπνον; οὐδαμῶς. πῶς οὖν ἔτι τοῦτο ἀτιμία ἐστίν;

hautai hai skepseis mē se thlibetōsan; 'atimos biōsomai kai oudamou oudeis'; ei gar hē atimia estin kakon, ou dunasai soi kakon par' allou genesthai, hōs oude aischron. mē sou estin ergon to tuchein archēs ē klēthēnai epi deipnon? oudamōs. pōs oun eti touto atimia estin?

Do not let these thoughts distress you: 'I shall live in dishonor and be a nobody everywhere.' For if dishonor is an evil, you cannot be in evil through the agency of another, any more than you can be in shame through another. Is it your job to get office, or to be invited to dinner? Not at all. Then how is this any longer a dishonor?

— Enchiridion 24

Source: Greek (Schenkl/Oldfather critical edition tradition) + Long 1877 English translation