“To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.”

“Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.”

“By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.”

“Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.”

“No one regards the things before his feet, But views with care the regions of the sky.”

“Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.”

“No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.”