It is not so much our friend's help that helps us as the confidence of their help |
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. |
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. |
Justice . . . is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. |
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old |
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. |
Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy. |
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. |
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. |
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. |
Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little |
Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possession of Friendship. |
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship |
Only the just man enjoys peace of mind |
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. |