Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?

...the sole thing of which any man can be deprived is the present; since this is all he owns, and nobody can lose what is not his.

Leave the wrong done by another where the wrong arose.

Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?

Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.