The investigation of the truth is in one way hard, in another easy. An indication of this is found in the fact that no one is able to attain the truth adequately, while, on the other hand, no one fails entirely, but everyone says something true about the nature of all things, and while individually they contribute little or nothing to the truth, by the union of all a considerable amount is amassed.

We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.

Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.

...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than those who have inherited it.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.