To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
Know that death comes to everyone, and that wealth will sometimes be acquired, sometimes lost. Whatever griefs mortals suffer by divine chance, whatever destiny you have, endure it and do not complain. But it is right to improve it as much as you can, and remember this: Fate does not give very many of these griefs to good people.
Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.
Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.
Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.
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
Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent.
Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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.
Above all things, respect yourself.
Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.
So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.
Number is the within of all things.
Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!
Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.
A thought is an idea in transit.
I would have to say the probability of us dying seems extremely high.
Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.
Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that... As a wax is stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms.
Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?
Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another!
