The man who doesn't know what the universe is doesn't know where he lives..

I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from an absor….

Nature set a limit on sleep - as it did on eating and drinking. And youre over the limit. But not of working. There youre still below your quota. You….

The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself..

The nature of the All moved to make the universe..

In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'.

He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit..

This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this is related to that, and what kind of a p….

Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him..

By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered..

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance..

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happ….

There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe..

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall….

How can a man find a sensible way to live? One way and one only- Philosophy. And my philosophy means keeping that vital spark within you free from da….

People find pressure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the things that happen to them. In acc….

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life..

Consider, for example, and you will find that almost all the transactions in the time of Vespasian differed little from those of the present day. You….

My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time..

Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last..

Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone - those that are now, and those to come. Existence flows past us like a river; the "what" is in con….