Supreme happiness consists in self-content.

All through life a man has need of a counsellor and guide.

What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.

Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.

Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.