The soul is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, by virtue of having no willing association with the body in life but avoiding it.......Practicing philosophy in the right way is a training to die easily.

Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.

I have good hope that there is something remaining for the dead.

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

All things in moderation, including moderation.

I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.