The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency

The love, more especially, which is concerned with the good, and which is perfected in company with temperance and justice, whether among gods or men, has the greatest power, and is the source of all our happiness and harmony, and makes us friends with the gods who are above us, and with one another.

Too much attention to health is a hindrance to learning, to invention, and to studies of any kind, for we are always feeling suspicious shootings and swimmings in our heads, and we are prone to blame studies from them.

To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base.