“My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. But those who look for all happiness from within can ne...”

“While there's life, there's hope.”

“The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.”

“It is foolish to tear ones hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”

“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.”

“To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare ones self to die.”

“Education doesnt make you happy. Nor does freedom. We dont become happy just because were free if we are. Or because weve been educated if we have. But because education may be the means by which...”

“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of bei...”

“The past has no power over the present moment.”

“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet neither thirsty nor drunken.”

“To live long it is necessary to live slowly.”

“A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice.”

“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.”

“It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understand it.”

“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”