A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.

To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting

The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

How can you hide from what never goes away?

If you went in search of it, you would not find the boundaries of the soul, though you traveled every road-so deep is its measure [logos].

Most people do not take heed of the things they encounter, nor do they grasp them even when they have learned about them, although they suppose they do.