It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, "I will live." To-morrow's life is too late; live to-day.
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.