That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

It is the rare fortuene of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.

You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses!

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.

Who will guard the guards themselves?<br>(quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.