Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

I am not born from a single place. My country is the whole world.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

There are more people abusive to others than lie open to abuse themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow.

For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.

Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual.