Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good use—of other things, and since knowledge is what provides this goodness of use and also good fortune, every man must, as seems plausible, prepare himself by every means for this: to be as wise as possible. Right?

To find yourself, think for yourself.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice.

The best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst.

The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.