Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.

All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing. As small letters weary the eye most, so the smallest affairs disturb us most.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

Necessity is a violent school-mistress.

The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it; we should refuse no occasion nor omit any opportunity of drinking, and always have it in our minds.