It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.

I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.

No great thing is created suddenly.

Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.

What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.

Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear of death?

It is your own conviction which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.

If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.

The materials of action are variable, but the use we make of them should be constant.