Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.
Is it not, then, better to be ridiculous and friendly than clever and hostile?
It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.