If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.
A world is a circumscribed portion of sky... it is a piece cut off from the infinite.
The words of that philosopher who offers no therapy for human suffering are empty and vain.
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.