Where I am death is not, where death is I am not.
Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good.
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
Remember that the future is neither ours nor wholly not ours, so that we may neither count on it as sure to come nor abandon hope of it as certain not to be.
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them appears difficult or likely to cause injury.