The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.

As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.

Death takes us piecemeal, not at a gulp.

You should rather suppose that those are involved in worthwhile duties who wish to have daily as their closest friends Zeno, Pythagoras, Democritus and all the other high priests of liberal studies, and Aristotle and Theophrastus. None of these will be too busy to see you, none of these will not send his visitor away happier and more devoted to himself, none of these will allow anyone to depart empty-handed. They are at home to all mortals by night and by day.

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.