“In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.””

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.

Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.

The good man makes others good.

No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.

The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.

I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.

Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.

Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.

It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.

To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.

If you did not know at age five that the gods are made up beings and the myths made up stories, you are a fool.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

Though thou art far away, thy rays are on Earth; Though thou art in their faces, no one knows thy going.

Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.