I will reveal to you a love potion, without medicine, without herbs, without any witch’s magic; if you want to be loved, then love.
If man is moderated and contented, then even age is no burden; if he is not, then even youth is full of cares.
A pleasant and happy life does not come form external things: man draws from within himself, as from a spring , pleasure and joy.
In the world of knowledge the idea of the good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent: then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, not too sorrowful in misfortune.
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent: then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, not too sorrowful in misfortune.
Every man will fall, though born a man, proudly presumes to be a superman.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the felling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Remember that you are only an actor in a play, which the manager directs.
Then I Oedipus, presented myself, who was ignorant; I consulted no augur, but by a simple effort of reflection silenced the Sphinx.
What is difficult? It is difficult to learn something about yourself.
I proclaim that justice is nothing else that the interest of the stronger.
Know thyself.
Happiness is self-contentedness.
One must not tie a ship to a single anchor, nor life to a single hope.
Bear patiently, my heart - for you have suffered heavier things.
He only lives, who living enjoys life.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Remember that you are only an actor in a play, which the manager directs.
As god disposes man laughs or weeps.
If you live according to nature, you will never be poor; but if according to opinions, you will never be rich. Nature demands little, opinion a great deal.
Live today, forget the cares of the past.
Nothing in excess.
He who submits to fate without complaint is wise.
All I know is that I know nothing.
All I know is that I know nothing.
One is rich not through one’s possessions, but through that which can can with dignity do without.
As god disposes man laughs or weeps.