The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously.
The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.