There is no such thing as justice or injustice among those beasts that cannot make agreements not to injure or be injured. This is also true of those tribes that are unable or unwilling to make agreements not to injure or be injured.

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.

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

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.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.