1. “Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.”
2. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.”
3. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.”
4. “He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.”
5. “If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”
6. “Is God willing to prevent evil, and not able? Then he is not omnipotent.Is he able but not willing? Then he is malevolent.Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?Is he neither able or willing? Then why call him God?
7. “It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.”
8. “It is impossible to live pleasurably without living prudently, honorably, and justly; or to live prudently, honorably, and justly, without living pleasurably.”
9. “Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.”
10. “Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.”
11. “Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little.”
12. ”Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”
13. “Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.”
14. “The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”
15. “The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.”
16. “We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.”
