Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

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

The earth affords a lavish supply of richess of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

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.