What man is happy? He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature.
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.
Necessity is the strongest of things, for it rules everything.
Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.
The past is certain, the future obscure.
God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth.
Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.
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.
What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God. What is most powerful? - Necessity; because it triumphs over all things. What is most difficult? - To know one's self. What is most easy? - To give advice. What method must we take to lead a good life? - To do nothing we would condemn in others. What is necessary to happiness? - A sound body and a contented mind.
I did not become a father because I am fond of children.
All things are from water and all things are resolved into water.
A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.
We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air
[One] who is healthy in body, resourceful in soul and of a readily teachable nature.
I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine.
 is the precursor of ruin. )
Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.
If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.
As brightness is to rustiness, so labor excelleth idleness.
Conceal thy domestic ills.
Who is happy? This is a person, who has a healthy body, is dowered with peace of mind and cultivates his talents.
Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.
Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.
Take Time by the forelock.
Hope is the most universal of human possessions.
Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.
Placing your stick at the end of the shadow of the pyramid, you made by the sun's rays two triangles, and so proved that the pyramid [height] was to the stick [height] as the shadow of the pyramid to the shadow of the stick.
