Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind.

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

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

To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.

When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted all physical explanation and descended into myth.

Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.