Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.