As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'

Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.

It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities .

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

After all, what does fame everlasting mean? Mere vanity.