» Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.
» It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men all live in a city without walls.
» The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
» I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
» Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
» We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.
» Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
» If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
» It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
» The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.