Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

Whatever you want to teach, be brief.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.

Music is an incitement to love.

The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.