Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship.
The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.