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

When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.

To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is the perfection of character.

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.

Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please.

Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?

Though thou be destined to live three thousand years and as many myriads besides, yet remember that no man loseth other life than that which he liveth, nor liveth other than that which he loseth.