Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

The bad one is that way because of the ignorance, therefore he can be healed with wisdom.

A painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is a good artist, he may deceive children or simple persons, when he shows them his picture of a carpenter from a distance, and they will fancy that they are looking at a real carpenter.

God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.

Every action has its pleasures and its price.