To live foolishly, recklessly, without restraint is not to live badly, but to die slowly.
Laws are a silly invention. Laws are made by people, and nature by atoms and vacuum.
Whoever was lucky with a good son-in-law gained a son, whoever got a bad one lost his daughter.
He who loves no one, I think no one loves him.
Many who commit the most shameful deeds speak wonderfully.
The wise is the measure of all things. With the help of the senses, he is the measure of sensible things, and with the help of the intellect, he is the measure of intelligible things.
To the wise man, all the world is open. Because to the good soul the whole world is his homeland.
Brave is not only he who conquers his enemies, but also he who masters his own pleasures. Some rule over peoples and at the same time are the slaves of women.
Courage overcomes the blows of fate.
You must aim at the science of thinking and not at erudition.
To me it is more valuable to find a scientific proof than to rule over the entire Persian kingdom.
It's futile to try to convince the one who thinks he's smart.
Not making any concessions to life is a sign of madness.
A fool learns not by good words, but by necessity.
Do not try to know everything, so that you do not appear ignorant of everything.
It is not physical strength and money that make people happy, but justice and wisdom.
Nothing is born without a reason; everything is born from some basis and from necessity.
Honest speech is the quality of the free spirit, although it is dangerous not to choose a favorable moment for it.
The habits of the parents, both bad and good, turn into the vices of the children.
The middle is wonderful in everything: neither abundance nor scarcity appeals to me.
The wonderful ones are acquired by study and at the cost of great effort, the base ones are assimilated by themselves, without error.
Just as there is a disease of the body, so there is a disease of the way of living.
Reason is not learned over time but through proper education and nature.
The word is the shadow of the deed.
Daring is the beginning of the deed, but chance is the master of the end.
Happiness is good mood, well-being, harmony, symmetry and self-control.
Those who rejoice in the misfortune of those close to them do not understand that the changes of fate can touch everyone.
He who would rule over others must first rule over himself.
Seeing a man who talked a lot and insultingly, Democritus said: "It is not that he does not know how to speak, he does not know how to be silent."
Pleasure and pain are criteria of appreciation relative to where you should aim and what to avoid.