A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to receive.

Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.

We must consider both the ultimate end and all clear sensory evidence, to which we refer our opinions; for otherwise everything will be full of uncertainty and confusion.

Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

We must meditate on what brings happiness, since when it has, it has everything, and when he misses, we do everything to have it

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway.