The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there is no pain either of body or of mind or of both together.

Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.

There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.

Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity.