The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time. Seneca Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Something is infinite if, taking it quantity by quantity, we can always take something outside.

Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?

Music directly represents the passions of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.