Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them appears difficult or likely to cause injury.

Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach.

Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.

We must meditate on what brings happiness, since when it has, it has everything, and when he misses, we do everything to have it