The Wise Man Thinks Of Fame Just

Some Men Spend Their Whole Life Furnishing For Themselves The Things Proper To Life Without Realizing That At Our Birth Each Of Us Was Poured A Mortal Brew To Drink.

Is He Able, But Not Willing? Then He Is Malevolent.

The Noble Soul Occupies Itself With Wisdom And Friendship.

The Wealth Required By Nature Is Limited And Is Easy To Procure; But The Wealth Required By Vain Ideals Extends To Infinity.

An Irreligious Man Is Not One Who Denies The Gods Of The Majority, But One Who Applies To The Gods The Opinions Of The Majority. For What Most Men Say About The Gods Are Not Ideas Derived From Sensation, But False Opinions, According To Which The Greatest Evils Come To The Wicked, And The Greatest Blessings Come To The Good From The Gods.