He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.

Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.

This is the difference between us Romans and the Etruscans: We believe that lightning is caused by clouds colliding, whereas they believe that clouds collide in order to create lightning. Since they attribute everything to gods, they are led to believe not that events have a meaning because they have happened, but that they happen in order to express a meaning.

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow.

Whatever is well said by another, is mine.

Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.

We are sure to get the better of fortune if we do but grapple with her.