There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.

How cruel—to forbid people to want what they think is good for them. And yet that's just what you won't let them do when you get angry at their misbehavior. They're drawn toward what they think is good for them. —But it's not good for them. Then show them that. Prove it to them. Instead of losing your temper.

Don't be anxious. Nature controls it all. And before long you'll be no one, nowhere.

A society of equal laws, governed by equality of status and of speech, and of rulers who respect the liberty of their subjects above all else.

For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.