The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.

Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.

Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions.

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.