A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.

Everything that happens either happens in such a way as you are formed by nature to bear it, or as you are not formed by nature to bear it.

Life is short. That's all there is to say. Get what you can from the present - thoughtfully, justly.

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

Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.

The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.

Anything that is beautiful is beautiful just as it is. Praise forms no part of its beauty, since praise makes things neither better nor worse. This applies even more to what it commonly called beautiful: natural objects, for example, or works of art. True beauty has no need of anything beyond itself.