Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.
Surfeits of happiness are fatal.
To be at ease is better than to be at business.
The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
To overvalue something is a form of lying.
Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations - they are the device of another to get you into his power