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.
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.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and weaknesses
Nothing in excess.
Young men err in everything by excess and vehemence, contrary to the precept of Chilon; they do all things too much, since they love and hate too much, and likewise in everything else. They fancy and insist that they know all things, and this is why they overdo everything.
Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves, that is, our ideas about things.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the felling of happiness dwells in the soul
Every man will fall, though born a man, proudly presumes to be a superman.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Remember that you are only an actor in a play, which the manager directs.
In the world of knowledge the idea of the good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Live today, forget the cares of the past
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent: then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, not too sorrowful in misfortune.
The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
There is nothing permanent except change.
One is rich not through one’s possessions, but through that which can can with dignity do without.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
In the world of knowledge the idea of the good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent: then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, not too sorrowful in misfortune.
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
I proclaim that justice is nothing else that the interest of the stronger.
As god disposes man laughs or weeps.
All I know is that I know nothing.