If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.

It is not goodness to be better than the worst.

He who is brave is free.

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

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

You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?

Self-denial is the best riches.