Servitude seizes on few, but many seize on her.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

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.

You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive.

Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.