Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.

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

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

The term "incorporeal" is properly applied only to the void, which cannot act or be acted on. Since the soul can act and be acted upon, it is corporeal.

It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his prime wanders much by chance, vacillating in his beliefs, while the old man has docked in the harbor, having safeguarded his true happiness.