Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.

We are members of one great body. Nature planted in us a mutual love, and fitted us for a social life. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole.

It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.

You should rather suppose that those are involved in worthwhile duties who wish to have daily as their closest friends Zeno, Pythagoras, Democritus and all the other high priests of liberal studies, and Aristotle and Theophrastus. None of these will be too busy to see you, none of these will not send his visitor away happier and more devoted to himself, none of these will allow anyone to depart empty-handed. They are at home to all mortals by night and by day.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.

Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole.