The Consolation of Philosophy
"Another cause of your sickness, and the most important: you have forgotten what you are."
"If you want to see the truth in clear light, and follow the right road, you must cast off all joy and fear."
"The prudent, steady man who wants a lasting place, immune from blasting winds and dangerous waves, should avoid high mountain peaks and the shore's shifting sands."
"The man who recklessly strives for glory and counts it his highest goal should consider the far-reaching shores of heaven and the narrow confines of earth."
"Death equalizes the high and the low."
"In spite of its hazy memory, the human soul seeks to return to its true good; but, like the drunken man who cannot find his way home, the soul no longer knows what its good is."