Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

We have to be faster in calming down a resentment than putting out a fire, because the consequences of the first are infinitely more dangerous than the results of the last; fire ends burning down some houses at the most, while the resentment can cause cruel wars, with the ruin and total destruction of nations.

War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free.

All entities move and nothing remains still.

Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.

It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.