What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
That comes too late that comes for the asking.
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
The mind makes the nobleman, and uplifts the lowly to high degree.
Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.