I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

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

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.

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .

The duller eye may often see a thing sooner than the keener.