
Repentance deserveth Pardon.
If thy fellows hurt thee in small things, suffer it! and be as bold with them!
Without Justice, no realm may prosper.
True and perfect Friendship is, to make one heart and mind of many hearts and bodies.
In this theater of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
Wish not the thing, which thou mayest not obtain!
The best and greatest winning is a true friend; and the greatest loss is the loss of time.
Take not thine enemy for thy friend; nor thy friend for thine enemy!
Happy is that City that hath a wise man to govern it.
He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods.
If thou intend to do any good; tarry not till to-morrow! for thou knowest not what may chance thee this night.
It is better to suffer, than to do, wrong.
Rejoice not in another man's misfortune!
To use Virtue is perfect blessedness.
By Silence, the discretion of a man is known: and a fool, keeping Silence, seemeth to be wise.
Use examples; that such as thou teachest may understand thee the better!
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. As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 23, as translated in Dictionary of Quotations (1906) by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 320
The wind is blowing, adore the wind.
A good Soul hath neither too great joy, nor too great sorrow: for it rejoiceth in goodness; and it sorroweth in wickedness. By the means whereof, when it beholdeth all things, and seeth the good and bad so mingled together, it can neither rejoice greatly; nor be grieved with over much sorrow.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained. If a lie is told, bear with it gently. But whatever I tell you, let it be done completely. Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.
Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.
Sobriety is the strength of the soul, for it preserves its reason unclouded by passion.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Cut not fire with a sword. Symbol 9 Variant translation: Poke not the fire with a sword.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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.
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.
None but God is wise.
Above and before all things, worship GOD!
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. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.
It is requisite to choose the most excellent life; for custom will make it pleasant. Wealth is an infirm anchor, glory is still more infirm; and in a similar manner, the body, dominion, and honour. For all these are imbecile and powerless. What then are powerful anchors. Prudence, magnanimity, fortitude. These no tempest can shake. This is the Law of God, that virtue is the only thing that is strong; and that every thing else is a trifle.
Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.
Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
Holding fast to these things, you will know the worlds of gods and mortals which permeates and governs everything. And you will know, as is right, nature similar in all respects, so that you will neither entertain unreasonable hopes nor be neglectful of anything.
When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.
Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice.
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.
Above all things reverence thy Self.
Time is the soul of this world.
It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.
The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or to evil.
Step not beyond the beam of the balance.
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
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