It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.
He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.
The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.
Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.
If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.