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.

A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.

Small sorrows speak great ones are silent.

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

Who has more leisure than a worm?