The good man is everywhere rejected even by his own when he is surrounded.
Idleness and laziness not only produce ignorance, but at the same time are the cause of disease.
In solitude man would not survive. Everything he needs, he gets thanks to the community.
The physician must be endowed with the eye of a hawk, the hands of a woman, the wisdom of a serpent, and the heart of a lion.
Everything that undergoes the action of an immediate cause suffers it by means of something analogous which is transmitted to it by that cause, which is clear by induction. The smoke of fire, for example, acts on one or other of the bodies, transmitting to it only its analogue, namely heat. Things happen identically with similar forces among the qualities. Thus a thinking soul acts on another thinking soul like itself, only by transmitting to it its analogue, in a form which the mind can understand; the sword retaliates by transmitting its external form to the object which undergoes its action; the stone sharpens the knife by imparting to its edge the analogue that suits it, namely the uniformity and smoothness of its parts.
The soul is like a glass lantern, knowledge is the light that sustains the flame, and God's wisdom is the oil. If the lantern is lit, you are alive, if it is out - you are dead.
Wisdom is what prepares us for ultimate happiness in a bitter life.
The purpose of the reproductive forces is the preservation of the species, for the longing for eternity is something that comes from the divinity above us all. As regards the inability to prolong the existence of the individual and the ability to prolong the existence of the species, that force tends to compensate for this existence in a new individual, so that in this way his species is preserved. Thus the nutritive force compensates for all that decays in the individual, and the reproductive force compensates for what decays in the species.
The reproductive force has its seat in a particularly sensitive organ, in order that, by burning desire, it may facilitate the tendency to join together. Otherwise, if it did not offer an opportunity for enjoyment and if it were not the object of ardent desire, no one would have complicated himself with such a thing, because this activity is not necessary for the prolongation of the individual's existence.
The doctor has three weapons: the word, the plant and the knife.
The fool and the fool do not know how to keep a secret, Prudence is truly more expensive than praise, The secret is a prisoner if you keep it hidden, You are its prisoner if you divulge it.
It is proper for the philosopher to use symbols and allusions in his books. It is only known how Plato scolded Aristotle for spreading wisdom and ostentatious presentation of knowledge. And Aristotle perfectly agreed with him: "Though I have done this, I have left many lacunae in my books which only a few, the learned and those gifted with reason, will be able to fill."
Maybe together we can find a way out, There is escape from every misfortune.
Crown, beauty of all that is alive is reason, Recognize that the basis of nature is reason.
Magic instead of honor, courage finds no way. And the truth has been hidden, the vice is in great demand.
The deed of the hero and the word of the sage. Even in a hundred years, they won't know the end.
And good and evil are permanent guides; Such is the world with its mirages. Why do you want such a long life, If you will not know the secret world anyway?
He in whom the light of reason burns, Will not increase, with his deeds, the evil of the world.
How is the wrath of heaven different from his mercy, Will you answer me, learned men!
The cypress, if it rises slender to the sky, Why would the pheasant look at the dwarf bush?
Who takes a lion cub to raise in the house, And knows that it will grow up one day. Lock him in a steel cage, Otherwise, you will swallow him alive.
I am whipped, but I hold it together: "Guard your honor!" and if not - from where? "Beautiful beloved" - spell. Can such a command be given?
We are the same, both the rich and the poor.
O sage of old, what wilt thou tell me Of this world, of its vanity? To whom is it given to rise, and to whom to fall, in the course of the times to come? From endless time, We receive as a gift, in the world, only one hour. So who can know, what battles and what feasts Hide in the house of hurried time?
And share what you have learned with everyone, with perseverance like the root of wisdom: Do not only look at the twigs if you want to reach the knowledge of the theme.
From reason comes sadness, joy, From reason, again, rise and fall.
Such is the law of the court where evil is king: Either you get on the saddle, or you will pass under the saddle.
Knowledge is higher than name and rank, and education is more precious than the gifts of nature, For if you do not educate the talent from birth, It withers, and rather dies.
If only there were thousands of years, let happiness be my handmaiden, In the end, the world also shows its cunning.
What can be creation in a mortal world, In which everything is preordained in the heavens, In which everything, unknown, goes to an end From beginnings decided by the Creator?