We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it's past already.

As the world leads we follow.

If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.