When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
Give your heart to the trade you have learnt, and draw refreshment from it. Let the rest of your days be spent as one who has whole-heartedly committed his all to the gods and is thenceforth no man's master or slave.
The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it
Infinity is a fathomless gulf, into which all things vanish.
To them that ask: Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.