Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.

In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.

There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.

Don't carry logs into the forest.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.