There exists no more difficult art than living.

Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.

Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.

We deliberate about the parcels of life, but not about life itself, and so we arrive all unawares at its different epochs, and have the trouble of beginning all again. And so finally it is that we do not walk as men confidently towards death, but let death come suddenly upon us.

Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.