We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.

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

You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.

Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.

A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open to all, rich, blameless and indestructible.