Thanks be to blessed Nature that she has made what is necessary easy to obtain, and what is not easy unnecessary.

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

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.

The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.

The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure