Government exists only for the good of the governed.

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.

Do not despise anyone: an atom shadowing.

Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that... As a wax is stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms.

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

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.