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

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being.

There is no man so fortunate that there shall not be by him when he is dying some who are pleased with what is going to happen.

He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.

How barbarous, to deny men the privilege of pursuing what they imagine to be their proper concerns and interests! Yet, in a sense, this is just what you are doing when you allow your indignation to rise at their wrongdoing; for after all, they are only following their own apparent concerns and interests. You say they are mistaken? Why then, tell them so, and explain it to them, instead of being indignant.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition.