There are many kinds of beauty as people who possess it.

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by our enemies than from hearing the opinions of friends.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.

The sun gives spirit and life to the plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.

The motive power is the cause of all life.