"The wise man counts it a greater advantage to be content with little than to be rich."

"We should not believe in fate, but in our own free will."

"It is better to be unhappy in a rational way than happy in an irrational way."

"A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is no easy thing to do without servility to mobs or monarchs."

"Against all things it is possible to find security, but with regard to death we all dwell in an unfortified city."