"The more I know, the more I realize I know nothing."

"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul follows the body, and ought to be pure."

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."

"Why should we pay so much attention to what 'most people' think?"

"It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death."