A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

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.

Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.

Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

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

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