The expression of truth is simplicity.
He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain.
People do not die – they kill themselves.
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.
The evil which assails us is not in the localities we inhabit but in ourselves.
The sun shines even on the wicked.
The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.
A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.
People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.
I don’t mind citing a bad author if the line is good.
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find.
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy person.
We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
Calamity is virtue’s opportunity.
Disease is not of the body but of the place.