"When you are going to meet with any person, and particularly one of those who are considered to be great, represent to yourself what Socrates or Zeno would have done in such a case."

"You will never do anything in this life worth remembering unless you give up the hope of being remembered."

"For there is some use even in an ass, but not so much as in an ox: there is also use in a dog, but not so much as in a slave: there is also some use in a slave, but not so much as in citizens: there i…"

"Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good."

"No man is free who is not master of himself."