We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously.

Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.

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

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly. Whenever any one of these is lacking, when, for instance, the man is not able to live wisely, though he lives honorably and justly, it is impossible for him to live a pleasant life.