Everything is mere opinion.

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.

Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all.

People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things.

It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres.