Joy does not fill the heart, it only removes the wrinkles from the forehead.
Nothing lasts forever, and few are long-lasting.
Power over oneself is the greatest power. Slavery to one's passions is the most terrible slavery.
Power over foreign peoples is not lasting.
All take care not to live right, but to live long; living right is within everyone's reach, while living long is within no one's reach.
All men are the same by nature, all are the same by birth.
More noble is the one who is honest by nature.
Every man is as fragile as everyone else: no one is sure of tomorrow.
Evil, whatever it is, is easier to smother in the face.
Any excess is a vice.
Any art is an imitation of nature.
Danger enhances all pleasure.
You who are full of innumerable blisters look at the blisters of others.
Choose the one whose life and speech, and even face - in which the soul is mirrored - are pleasing to you. May he always be before your eyes as a watchman or as an example.
The greatest wealth lies in the absence of greed.
Where the mind proved powerless, time often helped.
How foolish to die of fear in the face of death.
How foolish to feel unhappy because one day you might be unhappy.
A punishment seems much harder when it is dictated by a gentle man.
Let's speak our minds; to think everything we speak; may our words be in harmony with our lives.
Money is to be led, not served.
Active virtue achieves much.
For the wise, his life is as long as eternity for the gods. But in some way the wise man is superior to God: he knows no fear because of nature, and he, because of himself.
There is nothing more contemptible to wisdom than empty philosophizing.
Until old age I took care to live with dignity, in old age I take care to die with dignity.
Heroism likes danger.
Virtues cannot be unlearned.
Trust shown to the crafty one gives him the opportunity to do harm.
The seeds have the same fate as the seeds: they are small, but they can do a lot, provided they land in the right soul capable of receiving them. He will bear fruit, returning to himself what he received.
Evidence of character traits can be gleaned from trifles.