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VS80. The first measure of security is to watch over one’s youth, and to guard against what makes havoc of all by means of maddening desires.

VS79. The man who is serene causes no disturbance to himself or to another.

VS78. The truly noble man busies himself chiefly with wisdom and friendship, of which the one is an understandable good but the other is immortal.

See this linked discussion here for the reason "understandable" is superior to "immortal" as the best…

VS77. The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom.

VS76. You are, in your old age, just such as I urge you to be, and you have seen the difference between studying philosophy for oneself and proclaiming it to Greece at large; I rejoice with you.

VS74. In a philosophical discussion he who is defeated gains more, since he learns more.

VS73. The occurrence of certain bodily pains assists us in guarding against others like them.

VS72. There is no advantage to obtaining protection from other men so long as we are alarmed by events above or below the earth, or, in general, by whatever happens in the boundless universe.

VS70. Let nothing be done in your life which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.

VS69. The ungrateful greed of the soul makes the creature everlastingly desire varieties in its lifestyle.