“Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool ”

“No man was ever wise by chance”

“From this state also will he flee. If I should attempt to enumerate them one by one, I should not find a single one which could tolerate the wise man or which the wise man could tolerate.”

“In sapientis quoque animo, etiam cum uulnus sanatum est, cicatrix manet." : "The wise man's mind will keep its scar long after the wound has healed”

“It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.”

“Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”