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

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.

He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!