Thales said there was no difference between life and death. Why, then, said some one to him, do not you die? Because, said he, it does make no difference.
Fortune is unstable, while our will is free.
Xenophanes speaks thus:-And no man knows distinctly anything,And no man ever will.
Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.
Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.
If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.