It is weariness to keep toiling at the same things so that one becomes ruled by them.

Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.

Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find [truth], for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.

To me one man is worth ten thousand if he is first- rate.

The people should fight for their law as for their city wall.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own.

Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.

What is divine escapes men’s notice because of their incredulity.

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.