Anger is brief madness

Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.

The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.