He who cannot see the truth for himself, nor, hearing it from others, store it away in his mind, that man is utterly worthless.

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.

God and nature create nothing that does not fulfill a purpose

The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.

Women should marry when they are about eighteen years of age, and men at seven and thirty; then they are in the prime of life, and the decline in the powers of both will coincide.

When you feel yourself lacking something, send your thoughts towards your Intimate and search for the Divinity that lives within you.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.