The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it

It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.

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

A man's ability cannot possibly be of one sort and his soul of another. If his soul be well-ordered, serious and restrained, his ability also is sound and sober. Conversely, when the one degenerates, the other is contaminated.

It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.

Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.

The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.