Oh, my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down the branches with their weight, and grapes swelling on the vines. There are sweet-flavored herbs, and vegetables which can be cooked and softened over the fire, nor are you denied milk or thyme-scented honey. The earth affords a lavish supply of riches, 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.

Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

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

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

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

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

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