Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.