Health is a matter of choice, not a mystery of chance

...happiness is an activity and a complete utilization of virtue, not conditionally but absolutely.

Our actions determine our dispositions.

Men pay most attention to what is their own: they care less for what is common; or, at any rate, they care for it only to the extent to which each is individually concerned.

No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each other.

Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.

He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved.