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?

Are not all things which have opposites generated out of their opposites?

The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.

In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.

I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.

God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.

Fear of women love more than hate the man.