Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.
We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
Time is the soul of this world.
Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul.
It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.
Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Number rules the universe.
Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.
Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.
Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.
Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.
Meditate upon my counsels; love them; follow them; To the divine virtues will they know how to lead thee. I swear it by the One who in our hearts engraved The sacred Tetrad, symbol immense and pure, Source of Nature and model of the Gods.
It is required to find the infinitely big inside what’s infinitely small to feel the presence of God.
Having departed from your house, turn not back; for the furies will be your attendants.
Step not beyond the beam of the balance.
If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.
There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.