The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones.

So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since for the former it is not, and the latter are no more.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly. Whenever any one of these is lacking, when, for instance, the man is not able to live wisely, though he lives honorably and justly, it is impossible for him to live a pleasant life.

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

Virtue consisteth of three parts,--temperance, fortitude, and justice.