I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded that I am going to other gods who are wise and good (of this I am as certain as I can be of any such matters), and to men departed who are better than those whom I leave behind. And therefore I do not grieve as I might have done, for I have good hope that there is yet something remaining for the dead.

What most counts is not merely to live, but to live right.

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.

Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher

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

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

I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.