Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another.

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.

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

The universe is transformation: life is opinion.

You are a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.

Glory arrives too late when it comes only to one's ashes