Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.
Character is determined by choice, not opinion.
You can never learn anything that you did not already know
We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.
The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.
There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.