Look at everything that exists, and observe that it is already in dissolution and in change, and as it were putrefaction or dispersion, or that everything is so constituted by nature as to die.

A man should be upright, not kept upright.

By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.

He who pays no attention to what his neighbor does, says or thinks, preferring to concentrate on making his own actions appropriate and justifiable, better uses his time.

The stone that is thrown into the air is none the worse for falling down, and none the better for going up.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.