Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.
As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.
The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.