The Chief Good Is The

The Chief Good Is The Suspension Of The Judgment [especially Negative Judgement], Which Tranquillity Of Mind Follows Like Its Shadow.

Self-taught Poverty Is A Help Toward Philosophy, For The Things Which Philosophy Attempts To Teach By Reasoning, Poverty Forces Us To Practice.

Those Who Have Virtue Always In Their Mouths, And Neglect It In Practice, Are Like A Harp, Which Emits A Sound Pleasing To Others, While Itself Is Insensible Of The Music.

When I Look Upon Seamen, Men Of Science And Philosophers, Man Is The Wisest Of All Beings; When I Look Upon Priests And Prophets Nothing Is As Contemptible As Man.

The Sun, Too, Shines Into Cesspools And Is Not Polluted.