It is certain that memory contains not only philosophy, but all the arts and all that appertain to the use of life.

To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.

The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

There is, I know not how, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence; and this takes the deepest root, and is most discoverable, in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.