These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.

One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities.

If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

The wise man’s home is the universe.

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.

Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.