The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.

When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that 'he hadn't come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.' Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: 'It's not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.' Give your whole mind to her.

For what else is Nature but God and the Divine Reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts.

Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.

Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.