The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.