Nothing is ours except time.
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.
A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.
Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.
As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.