According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an order. In truth, there are atoms and a void.
Men should strive to think much and know little.
Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.