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

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 only thing that is constant is change.

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].

The phases of fire are craving and satiety.

Everything flows, nothing stays still.