Man must work; he feels bad when he is inactive. Man serves man - man serves money.
The man who does evil is also his own enemy: for he alone feeds on the fruits of his wickedness.
By that - by which man perceives the image, the taste the smell, the sounds and the touches of love, he knows. What's left? Reason and heart. There are a hundred and one arteries in the heart, but only one leads to the head. He who walks in its thread obtains immortality; to the other organs and members of the body the other arteries lead, but not one of them leads to immortality.
What is destined to happen to me, that will be. The course of events is irreversible, my duty is to follow it.
The heart of the pure is not inclined to evil deeds. Keep this in mind and strive for purity of soul.
Whatever is said to you, do not speak to anyone with the air that they have no right to talk to you.
Can it be worse than inaccurate scales, falsified weights, and the just and honest man turned into an impostor?
What is called supreme? The wind blows truth, the sun casts rays of truth, truth is the basis of speech, everything is based on truth. That is why truth is called supreme. Gods attain divinity through asceticism. Everything is based on asceticism. That is why asceticism is called supreme.
What is the use of science to the mindless? What good is the mirror to the eyeless?
What is the use of teaching aimed at doing evil? What is the use of the candle covered with a pot?
What is the meaning of the teachings of him who, studying all the sciences, and who, penetrating into their essence, derives no benefit from them? Just tiredness.
What can the evildoer do to him who holds the sword of peace? When no grass is thrown into the fire, it extinguishes itself.
To keep your friends, you have to forgive. Six people do not remember those who once helped them: the student, the teacher, the married son, the mother, the husband who no longer loves, the wife, the one who reached his goal, his helper, the one who escaped out of the blue, on the guide, the patient, on the doctor.
Youth goes like an unstoppable stream. Let us therefore rejoice, for joy is the portion of mortals!
Do not encourage recklessness, love thoughtfulness.
Conquer by persuasion, not by force.
Most of it is bad.
When you're poor, argue with the rich only if you haven't gone into too much debt.
Everything I have, I carry with me.
Don't be hasty when you speak, haste is the sign of madness.
Share your life as if you had a little and a lot to live
In your youth store up wisdom for your old age, for there is no wealth more precious.
When does man enjoy himself? When he has a win.
When many take up a job, it is not good.
Authority over the people is greater when the law frightens like a tyrant.
Who is the best advisor? The time.
It is better to settle a quarrel between two enemies than between two friends, because it is known that after this one of the friends will become your enemy, and one of the enemies - a friend.
The best house is that in which the master behaves as freely as he does outside it - according to the will of the law. Love discernment.
To the question: "What occupation does man love?", Bias answered: "Easy earnings." To the question: "What is hard?", Bias answered: "Nobly bearing the worse." To the question, "What is pleasing to man?", Bias answered "Hope."
You must look in the mirror, and if you look very good do very good deeds, and if you look bad, correct your natural defect by decent behavior.