It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.
Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.