There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men in their various relations with each other, in whatever circumstances they may be, that they will neither injure nor be injured.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

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

As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.