The Things You Really Need Are Few

A Beneficent Person Is Like A Fountain Watering The Earth, And Spreading Fertility; It Is, Therefore, More Delightful To Give Than To Receive.

I Would Rather Be First In A Little Iberian Village Than Second In Rome.

Those Desires That Do Not Bring Pain If They Are Not Satisfied Are Not Necessary; And They Are Easily Thrust Aside Whenever To Satisfy Them Appears Difficult Or Likely To Cause Injury.

Death Does Not Concern Us, Because As Long As We Exist, Death Is Not Here. And When It Does Come, We No Longer Exist.

Haec Ego Non Multis (scribo), Sed Tibi: Satis Enim Magnum Alter Alteri Theatrum Sumus. I Am Writing This Not To Many, But To You: Certainly We Are A Great Enough Audience For Each Other.