Translations
Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.Elizabeth Carter (c.1750)
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1890)
Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things:George Long (1890)
What disturbs men's minds is not events but their judgements on events:Percy Ewing Matheson (1916)