Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.

Confine yourself to the present.

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.

The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall.

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less will be your grief