The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul 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.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

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.

To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.

The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.

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.