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

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.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

Live your life without attracting attention.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

The wisdom of God is what we ought to seek.

I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.

Let your existence be enough for a moment.

It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.

What is simple is false and what is not is useless.

In a conflict of loyalty, obey Jesus at all costs.

Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.

He must be lightning slow.

The bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth.