Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.
The word is the shadow of the deed.
Envy creates the beginning of strife.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.