Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
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.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is God willing to prevent evil, but 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 nor willing? Then why call him God?
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
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.
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
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