The flesh believes that pleasure is limitless and that it requires unlimited time; but the mind, understanding the end and limit of the flesh and ridding itself of fears of the future, secures a complete life and has no longer any need for unlimited time.

We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously.

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

Without confidence, there is no friendship.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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