Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.

Let no young man delay the study of philosophy, and let no old man become weary of it; for it is never too early nor too late to care for the well-being of the soul.

The wise man neither rejects life nor fears death... just as he does not necessarily choose the largest amount of food, but, rather, the pleasantest food, so he prefers not the longest time, but the most pleasant.

The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.

It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his prime wanders much by chance, vacillating in his beliefs, while the old man has docked in the harbor, having safeguarded his true happiness.

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.