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

Knowledge is our ultimate good.

See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.

The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death

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.

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