We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.

The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

Life without the courage to die is slavery.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

His head was turned by too great success.