"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things."
"If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it."
"We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free."
"Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed."
"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them."
"Only the educated are free."
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
"It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it."
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
