Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.

So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.

Anybody can get hit over the head.

Peace is more difficult than war.

Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.