"What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk."
"To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die."
"To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die."
"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief."
"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."