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.

Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all.

A dry soul is wisest and best.

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.

Invisible harmony is better than visible.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

All things flow, nothing abides. You cannot step into the same river twice, for the waters are continually flowing on. Nothing is permanent except change.