Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.
He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.