No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection of wisdom is what makes the happy life, although even the beginnings of wisdom make life bearable. Yet this conviction, clear as it is, needs to be strengthened and given deeper roots through daily reflection; making noble resolutions is not a important as keeping the resolutions you have made already.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.