Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.

If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so.

Just as We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. So too we never taste sadness completely, as things could always be worse in some way and for this we can be grateful.

He who despises life is his life's master.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.