“Moving between past and present, writing with self-restraint and stoicism, she reveals a history filled with pain.”

“The United player kept his counsel, winning back public opinion with his stoicism in the face of the insults.”

“That most shoulder this burden with little complaint says much for their courage and stoicism.”

“Even a Rolls-Royce owner, I began to feel, would be a stoic to travel across Europe by car when the Rheingold is on offer.”

“Since 1993, I've gone through a great deal of philosophy, in particular works by the Roman stoics such as Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Cicero.”

“We see livestock dotting the hillsides as we climb and I wonder what sort of doughty stoics would choose to farm such challenging country.”

“But stoics take rugs, umbrellas, thick coats and bracing amounts of booze.”