Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.