The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
The wise man neither rejects life nor fears death... just as he does not necessarily choose the largest amount of food, but, rather, the pleasantest food, so he prefers not the longest time, but the most pleasant.
Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control them.
Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.
The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.