PHILOSOPHERS

A friend is, as it were, a second self. Marcus Tullius Cicero

As for me, all I know is (that) I know nothing. Sócrates

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent. Socrates

Be/Become who/what you are.

Be yourself  

I think, therefore I am / exist. Descartes

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. Socrates

If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company. Jean-Paul Sartre

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Epictetus

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. Aristotle

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth / provoke your best. Epictetus

We love live, not because we're used to living but because we're used to loving.

What doesn't kill you (only / just) makes you stronger. I really believe that.