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

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].

Man, like a light in the night, is kindled and put out.

The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisdom, beauty, and everything else.

The fairest harmony springs from discord.

Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent."

The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious.