Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.

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.

My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by proffering its natural remedy. Amid such pleasures as these have I grown old.

A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to receive.

Live your life without attracting attention.

Do everything like someone is gazing at you.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.