Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.
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.
Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.