Let every action aim solely at the common good.

A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse.

Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.

What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.

The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure.