All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal.

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.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

Without confidence, there is no friendship.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little