As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

Gluttony and drunkenness have two evils attendant on them; they make the carcass smart, as well as the pocket.

Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment.

How ridiculous not to flee from one's own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another's which is not.

Most of what we say and do is unnecessary: remove the superfluity, and you will have more time and less bother. So in every case one should prompt oneself: 'Is this, or is it not, something necessary?' And the removal of the unnecessary should apply not only to actions but to thoughts also: then no redundant actions either will follow.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature in whom he is present.