Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.

Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.

Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

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.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

There are innumerable worlds of different sizes. In some there is neither sun not moon, in others they are larger than in ours and others have more than one. These worlds are at irregular distances, more in one direction and less in another, and some are flourishing, others declining. Here they come into being, there they die, and they are distroyed by collision with one another. Some of the worlds have no animal or vegetable life nor any water.

Men should strive to think much and know little.