Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

Justice has no independent existence; it results from mutual contracts, and establishes itself wherever there is a mutual engagement to guard against doing or sustaining mutual injury.

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

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

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.