The term "incorporeal" is properly applied only to the void, which cannot act or be acted on. Since the soul can act and be acted upon, it is corporeal.

Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach.

Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city.

I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help

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.