Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.

When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.

A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.

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.

I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.