No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.

Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.

Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union mortal divinity with the mortal man.

We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.

Number is the within of all things.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.