“No man was ever wise by chance”

“Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool ”

“From this state also will he flee. If I should attempt to enumerate them one by one, I should not find a single one which could tolerate the wise man or which the wise man could tolerate.”

“In sapientis quoque animo, etiam cum uulnus sanatum est, cicatrix manet." : "The wise man's mind will keep its scar long after the wound has healed”

“Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”

“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”