The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?
Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness.
There is no greater evil than anarchy.
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.