Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure

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.

We must meditate on what brings happiness, since when it has, it has everything, and when he misses, we do everything to have it

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.