A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his prime wanders much by chance, vacillating in his beliefs, while the old man has docked in the harbor, having safeguarded his true happiness.

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little

He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.

Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

When we exist, death is not yet present, and when death is present, then we do not exist.