Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art. |
Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them. |
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated |
No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing |
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us. |
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. |
No good thing is pleasant to possess without friends to share it. |
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it. |
No man ever became wise by chance |
No man is free who is a slave to the flesh |
No man ought to glory except in that which is his own. |
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself. |
No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to. |
No one finds his proficiency in a study just where he dropped it |
No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. |