Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener.

Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.

My body is not a tomb for animals.

Life well spent is long.