Pythagoras

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

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.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

You should make great things, not promising great things.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.

Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.