What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
. . . the man is free, we say, who exists for his own sake and not for another's.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Earthworms are the intenstines of the soil.
Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty.