So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.

Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.

Time is the soul of this world.

If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.

Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.