It is not goodness to be better than the worst.

He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life is the way to this destination.

Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it.

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?