Whoso neglects learning in his youth, Loses the past and is dead for the future.

The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

Do we, holding that gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantiated dreams, and lies, while random careless chance and change alone rule the world?

The wisest men follow their own direction.