If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.
There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
Choose always the way that seems the best however rough it may be custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
In this theater of man’s life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
Choose always the way that seems the best however rough it may be custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
Choose always the way that seems the best however rough it may be custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.