Most powerful is he who has himself in his power.
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
A hungry people listens not to reason nor cares for justice nor is bent by any prayers.
And so when you see a man often wearing the robe of office, when you see one whose name is famous in the Forum, do not envy him; those things are bought at the price of life. They will waste all their...
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
You are unfortunate in my judgment, for you have never been unfortunate. You have passed through life with no antagonist to face you; no one will know what you were capable of, not even you yourself.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
The sun shines even on the wicked.
All cruelty springs from weakness.
Life will follow the path it started upon, and will neither reverse nor check its course; it will make no noise, it will not remind you of its swiftness. Silent it will glide on; it will not prolong i...
On Epicurus; He says: "Contended poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it is contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not the man who has little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars
Nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.
How silly then to imagine that the human mind, which is formed of the same elements as divine beings, objects to movement and change of abode, while the divine nature finds delight and even self-prese...
Love sometimes injures. Friendship always benefits, After friendship is formed you must trust, but before that you must judge.
Speech is the index of the mind.
If you would wish another to keep your secret first keep it yourself.
The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience the next for health of mind and then of body.
The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinqui...