There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Rehearse death. To say this is to tell a person to rehearse his freedom. A person who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave. He is above, or at any rate, beyond the reach of, all political powers.

Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.

Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.

Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.

That comes too late that comes for the asking.