It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.

In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods, than in giving health to men.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.