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.

A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.

A world is a circumscribed portion of sky... it is a piece cut off from the infinite.

Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.

Many friends are the key to happiness

Thanks be to blessed Nature that she has made what is necessary easy to obtain, and what is not easy unnecessary.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.