The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.
It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.