For a wrongdoer to be undetected is difficult; and for him to have confidence that his concealment will continue is impossible.

If the gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither able nor willing, they are neither all-powerful or benevolent. If they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist?

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

The flesh believes that pleasure is limitless and that it requires unlimited time; but the mind, understanding the end and limit of the flesh and ridding itself of fears of the future, secures a complete life and has no longer any need for unlimited time.

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

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

Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.