Evil can never grow so strong, and nobility of character can never be so plotted against, that the name of philosophy shall cease to be worshipful and sacred.

What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he is dying daily? For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death's hands.

My situation, however, is the same as that of many who are reduced to slender means through no fault of their own: every one forgives them, but no one comes to their rescue.

Everywhere means nowhere.

repose does not consist in condemning all motion as merely vexation;

"Contented poverty is an honourable estate."

Do you ask what is the proper limit to wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary, and, second, to have what is enough.

Again, let us possess nothing that can be snatched from us to the great profit of a plotting foe.

Virtue is held too cheap by the man who counts his body too dear. We should cherish the body with the greatest care;