The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.

Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.

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.

When we exist, death is not yet present, and when death is present, then we do not exist.

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.

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.