You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.'

He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to action are not impeded, whose desires attain their purpose, and who does not fall into that which he would avoid.

He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.

It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?

We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.