I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.

What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.

The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.

Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.