Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.

Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.

Now departure from the world of men is nothing to fear, if gods exist: because they would not involve you in any harm. If they do not exist, or if they have no care for humankind, then what is life to me in a world devoid of gods, or devoid of providence? But they do exist, and they do care for humankind: and they have put it absolutely in man's power to avoid falling into the true kinds of harm.

It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that disquiet can arise only from fancies within.

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.