He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

Why are you afraid of death? Where you are, death is not. Where death is, you are not. What is it that you fear.

The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances.

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

Live your life without attracting attention.

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.