Conceal thy domestic ills..

All things are from water and all things are resolved into water..

I did not become a father because I am fond of children..

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 ….

We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air.

Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it..

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

What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God. What is most powerful? - Necessity; because it triumphs over all things….

As brightness is to rustiness, so labor excelleth idleness..

If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail..

Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing..

Take Time by the forelock..

Who is happy? This is a person, who has a healthy body, is dowered with peace of mind and cultivates his talents..

Hope is the most universal of human possessions..

[One] who is healthy in body, resourceful in soul and of a readily teachable nature..

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself..

Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need..

There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Gr….

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

Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin..

I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine..