The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.

The words of that philosopher who offers no therapy for human suffering are empty and vain.

Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.

A blessed and indestructible being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; so he is free from anger and partiality, for all such things imply weakness.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

Do everything like someone is gazing at you.

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.