The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Geometry draws the soul towards truth.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
There is no other start to philosophy but wonder.
Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.
No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.