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Seek always for the good that abides. There can be none except as the mind finds within itself; wisdom alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy, for then, even if some obstacle arises, it is only like an intervening cloud, which floats beneath the sun but never prevails against it.

It is irrational and poor-hearted not to seek good things for fear of losing them, for upon the same account we should not allow ourselves to seek wealth, glory or wisdom, since we may fear to be deprived of all these; nay, even virtue itself, than which there is no richer possession.

When any person harms you, or speaks badly or you, remember that he acts or speaks from a supposition of its being his right. Now, it is not possible that he should follow what appears right to you, but what appears so to himself. Therefore, if he judges from a wrong appearance, he is the person hurt, since he is the person deceived.

He who beguiles the way with stories, proverbs, riddles and songs, will make the journey light for his companion.

Some wicked men are rich, some good are poor, We will not change our virtue for their store; Virtue's a thing that none can take away, But money changes owners every day. 

As man and man, woman and woman, there is not - neither ought there to be - any difference between any two people in the eyes of a king or judge, for there is no difference between them in nature.

The rich man is he who is satisfied with what he has.

It is the just who are most pained by injustice, the brave who are most pained by cowardly actions, the temperate who are most pained by depravity. It is then the characteristic of a rightly ordered mind to be pleased at what is good and grieve at the reverse.

The wise see the necessity of things, and by this they free themselves from distress.

Have regard for desire: for, if you desire any of the things which are not under your control, you must necessarily be disappointed; and of those which are, and which it would be laudable to desire, do not desire them only, but pursue them.

Everyone loves himself, not for any reward which such love may bring, but because he is dear to himself independently of anything else. But unless this feeling is transferred to another, true friendship will never be understood; for a true friend is a kind of second self.

When things are even there never can be war.