To harm another is to harm oneself

A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind.

Every pleasure or pain has a sort of rivet with which it fastens the soul to the body and pins it down and makes it corporeal, accepting as true whatever the body certifies.

I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding.

The warm love has the coldest end.

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

In my investigation in the service of the god I found that those who had the highest reputation were nearly the most deficient, while those who were thought to be inferior were more knowledgeable.