We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness.

Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.

Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good

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

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

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.

Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up to punish the offense.