Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
It is not appropriate to act and speak like men asleep.
It is necessary to take what is common as our guide; however, though this logic is universal, the many live as if each individual has his own private wisdom.
The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall.
It is necessary to understand that war is common, strife is customary, and all things happen because of strife and necessity.
A fool is excited by every word.
The only thing permanent is change.
Big results require big ambitions.
When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
War is the mother of everything.
Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.
Things of which there is sight, hearing, apprehension, these I prefer.
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.
The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisdom, beauty, and everything else.
Dogs bark at what they don’t understand.
The sun is new each day.
Under the comb, the tangle and the straight path are the same.
The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.
To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.