Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
Virtue consisteth of three parts,--temperance, fortitude, and justice.
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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.