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

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

No one can wear a mask for very long.

You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?

Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.

The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The fault is not in the riches, but the disposition.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.