Whoever has nothing to hope, let him despair of nothing.

Pleasure dies at the very moment when it charms us most.

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

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.

The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.