“That which is not good for the swarm, neither is it good for the bee.- Book VI, 54.”

“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.”

“I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.”

“Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee?”

“Do the things external which fall upon thee distract thee? Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”

“Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.”

“No more roundabout discussions of what makes a good man. Be one!”