The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up to punish the offense.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.