We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.

Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.

Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.

Where the speech is corrupted, the mind is also.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.