“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”
“Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.”
“Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.”
“There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men”
“If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”
“We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.”
“The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.”
“Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”
“A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...”
“I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.”
“It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men all live in a city without walls.”
“I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.”
“Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.”
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
“It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.”