The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it.
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract it is merely a compact between men.
The time when most of all you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Any device whatever by which one frees himself from fear is a natural good.
Why should I fear death?If I am, then death is not.If Death is, then I am not.Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?Long time men lay oppressed with slavish fear.Religious tyranny...
The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
To be rich is not the end but only a change of worries.
Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little