Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

All we see and admire today will burn in the universal fire that ushers in a new, just, happy world.

If you are bent on assuming a pose and never reveal yourself to anyone frankly, in the fashion of many who live a false life that is all made up for show; for it is torturous to be constantly watching oneself and be fearful of being caught out of our usual role. And we are never free from concern if we think that every time anyone looks at us he is always taking-our measure; for many things happen that strip off our pretence against our will, and, though all this attention to self is successful, yet the life of those who live under a mask cannot be happy and without anxiety.

Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.

To expel hunger and thirst there is no necessity of sitting in a palace and submitting to the supercilious brow and contumelious favour of the rich and great there is no necessity of sailing upon the deep or of following the camp What nature wants is every where to be found and attainable without much difficulty whereas require the sweat of the brow for these we are obliged to dress anew j compelled to grow old in the field and driven to foreign mores A sufficiency is always at hand

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh.

What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved