Men should strive to think much and know little.
There are some men who are masters of cities but slaves to women.
The wise man’s home is the universe.
People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.
To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.
The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures.
Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
The word is the shadow of the deed.
Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe.
According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an order. In truth, there are atoms and a void.
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.