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

Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway.

Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.

The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there is no pain either of body or of mind or of both together.

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

I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.

Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.