Whoever strenuously endeavors, him we can rescue.

The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.

Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.

What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.

Woe to falsehood! it affords no relief to the breast, like truth; it gives us no comfort, pains him who forges it, and like an arrow directed by a god flies back and wounds the archer.