If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.

There are beds and tables in the world - plenty of them, are there not? But there are only two ideas or forms of them - one the idea of a bed, the other of a table.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

The cure of many diseases remains unknown to the physicians of Hellos (Greece) because they do not study the whole person.

The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death