A blessed and indestructible being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; so he is free from anger and partiality, for all such things imply weakness.

We must consider both the ultimate end and all clear sensory evidence, to which we refer our opinions; for otherwise everything will be full of uncertainty and confusion.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.

What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

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