Man is on earth as in an egg.

The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.

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.

Many who have learned from Hesiod the countless names of gods and monsters never understand that night and day are one

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

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day.