Some men spend their whole life furnishing for themselves the things proper to life without realizing that at our birth each of us was poured a mortal brew to drink.

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

Some men spend their whole life furnishing for themselves the things proper to life without realizing that at our birth each of us was poured a mortal brew to drink.

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.

To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.