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

We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously.

All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it.

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)

We must consider both the ultimate end and all clear sensory evidence, to which we refer our opinions; for otherwise everything will be full of uncertainty and confusion.

Some men spend their whole life furnishing for themselves the things proper to life without realizing that at our birth each of us was poured a mortal brew to drink.

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