Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly. Whenever any one of these is lacking, when, for instance, the man is not able to live wisely, though he lives honorably and justly, it is impossible for him to live a pleasant life.

Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.

Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

Many friends are the key to happiness

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.

Without confidence, there is no friendship.