Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.