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 comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.

There are two kinds of disease of the soul, vice and ignorance.

All things in moderation, including moderation.

Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.