Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

There is no power greater than true affection.

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.

Philosophy alone makes the mind invincible, and places us out of the reach of fortune, so that all her arrows fall short of us.

Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor