I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

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.

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

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