We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help when in need.

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Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.

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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

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The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

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A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

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Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

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