“A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.”

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

Number rules the universe.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

Ability and necessity dwell near each other.

It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.

The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

You can fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time.

Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.

The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can’t fool around.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don’t have brains enough to be honest.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.