Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.
Do everything as in the eye of another.
Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.
Pleasure dies at the very moment when it charms us most.
Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.