To lose a friend is the greatest of all evils, but endeavour rather to rejoice that you possessed him than to mourn his loss.

To live is not a blessing, but to live well.

Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit the white at any distance.

There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.

What a great blessing is a friend with a heart so trusty you may safely bury all your secrets in it.

Lightning will wreck its displeasures not only upon pillars, trees, and sheep, but upon altars and temples, and let the sacrilegious go free.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.