The past is certain, the future obscure.
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.
Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.
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.
Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.
Who is happy? This is a person, who has a healthy body, is dowered with peace of mind and cultivates his talents.
A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.
Take Time by the forelock.
If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.
We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air.
All things are from water and all things are resolved into water.
I did not become a father because I am fond of children.
Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.
Conceal thy domestic ills.
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.
As brightness is to rustiness, so labor excelleth idleness.
Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.
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.
Hope is the most universal of human possessions.