No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.

Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible.