He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are.

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.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.

Creation is man's immortality and brings him nearest to the gods.