Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

Since the world never faults a man who refuses to yield...it is generally recognized that weak men live in obedience to the world's will, while the strong obey only their own.

Men do not so much hate an evil-doer, or evil itself, as they hate the man who calls evil by its real name.

What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.

That is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea of perfection ever present in their minds, an ideal infinitely clearer and greater than any common people have, and they also realize how far they are from fulfilling their ideal.

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.