Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

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.

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 noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity.

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.