The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.

Life, if thou knowest how to use it, is long enough.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

Disease is not of the body but of the place.

The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.

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.

One crime has to be concealed by another.