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...
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.
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars
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.
The sun also shines on the wicked.
Time discovered truth.
Injustice never rules forever.
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
Fire tries gold misery tries brave men.
Men learn while they teach.
Learn how to feel joy.
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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...
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the 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...
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
Love sometimes injures. Friendship always benefits, After friendship is formed you must trust, but before that you must judge.
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...