A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.

There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian.

Who is happy? This is a person, who has a healthy body, is dowered with peace of mind and cultivates his talents.

We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air

If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.

Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.