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When, therefore, we maintain that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasures of profligates and those that consist in sensuality, as is suppose...more

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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

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The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

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Accustom yourself to the belief that death is of no concern to us, since all good and evil lie in sensation and sensation ends with death. Therefore t...more

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27. Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of fi...more

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Death means nothing to us

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Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions by means of reason.

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The impassive soul disturbs neither itself nor others.