Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
Some men spend their whole life furnishing for themselves the things proper to life without realizing that at our birth each of us was poured a mortal brew to drink.
To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .
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.
What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.