Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.
Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones.