Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.
Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
