I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.

An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the beginner of secret sedition and the perpetual tormentor of virtue. Envy is the filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, or quicksilver which consumeth the flesh and drieth up the marrow of the bones.

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.

Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.

Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.

The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.