Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created; nothing more beautiful than the world, it is the work of that same God; nothing is more active than thought, for it flies over the whole universe; nothing is stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.

Do not ask who started it.

Placing your stick at the end of the shadow of the pyramid, you made by the sun's rays two triangles, and so proved that the pyramid [height] was to the stick [height] as the shadow of the pyramid to the shadow of the stick.

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.

Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Water is the first principle of everything.

All things are full of gods.