After death there is nothing.
Never to wrong others takes one a long way towards peace of mind.
A good person dyes events with his own color . . . and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.
Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.
Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
Everything hangs on one's thinking.
I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.
There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy.
Those alone are wise who know how to love.
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
Life is most delightful on the downward slope.
You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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