Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing, for it is one of two things: either the dead are nothing and have no perception of anything, or it is, as we are told, a change and a relocation for the soul from here to another place.

It is not the purpose of a juryman's office to give justice as a favor to whoever seems good to him, but to judge according to law, and this he has sworn to do.

Obscurity is dispelled by augmenting the light of discernment, not by attacking the darkness.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Though flattery blossoms like friendship, yet there is a vast difference in the fruit.

How many things I can do without!

By all implies marry if you get a great wife/husband, you are going to be pleased. If you get a bad a single, you are going to become a philosopher.