"Reverence the gods, and help men. Short is life. There is only one fruit of this terrestrial life: a pious disposition and social acts."

"Consider how much more pain is brought on us by the anger and vexation caused by such acts than by the acts themselves, at which we are angry and vexed."

"Imagine that you have died and your life has come to an end. Now think about the life you wish you had lived. Live that life now."

"When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they cannot tell good from…"

"Reverence the gods, and help men. Life is short."