To live is not a blessing, but to live well.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.

He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.

They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

It is only luxury and avarice that make poverty grievous to us; for it is a very small matter that does our business, and when we have provided against cold, hunger, and thirst, all the rest is but vanity and excess.