The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is man’s ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Men learn while they teach.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Life is the gift of the immortal gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.
~ in Epistolae Morales
No man ever became wise by chance.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
~ in Epistolae Morales
A hungry people does not listen to reason.
~ in “On the Shortness of Life
To strive with an equal is a doubtful thing to do; with a superior, a mad thing; wtih an inferior, a vulgar thing.
~ in “On Anger
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
~ in Hippolytus
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.
It does not matter how many, but how good, books you have.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
One should count each day a separate life.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
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