“Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.”

“For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.”

“It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”

“Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.”

“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief”

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

“To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.”