I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.

No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.