We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.
The past is certain, the future obscure.
Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.
What man is happy? He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature.