Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.

Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.

Men are especially intolerant of serving and being ruled by, their equals.

Laws which can be broken without any wrong to one's neighbor are a laughing-stock; and such laws, instead of restraining the appetites and lusts of mankind, serve rather to heighten them. Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata [we always resist prohibitions, and yearn for what is denied us].

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.

...The body is affected by the image of the thing, in the same way as if the thing were actually present.