More men have become great through practice than by nature.
We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and a void.
The wise man’s home is the universe.
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.
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.