1. “A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.”
2. “The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.”
3. “The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.”
4. “There is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool.”
5. “Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.”
6. “He has the most who is most content with the least.”
7. “To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.”
8. “No man is hurt but by himself.”
9. “In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.”
10. “It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing and of godlike men to want little.”
11. “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.”
12. “It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.”
13. “The insult dishonors the one who infers it, not the one who receives it.”
14. “It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.”
15. “Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.”
