The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
Envy creates the beginning of strife.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.