Apuleius

"The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."

"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."

"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the nature of the foolish to be carried away by them."

"A man nailed to the present moment is a man imprisoned by time."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"Beware the insolence of those who mistake silence for consent."

"The soul is immaterial and therefore imperishable."

"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

"Curiosity is the lust of the mind."

"The universe is a living, intelligent whole."

"One who is too much attached to wealth cannot find peace."

"Art is the attempt to render the invisible visible."

"Justice delayed is justice denied to the waiting heart."

"The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead."

"To those who understand, few words are necessary."

"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to question all things."

"A man of true learning carries the light of knowledge wherever he goes."

"Fear is the enemy of progress and the friend of stagnation."

"Friendship is the greatest of all goods, yet the least cultivated."

"The heart knows secrets the mind cannot comprehend."

"To change one's mind is a sign of wisdom, not weakness."

"Beauty without virtue is like a flower without fragrance."

"The immortal soul transcends the mortal body."

"Patience is the companion of wisdom and the enemy of regret."

"Those who seek power through deception have already lost their way."

"The true measure of a person is revealed in times of adversity."

"Humility is the foundation upon which all virtues are built."

"The passage of time erases the boundaries between life and legend."

"Success built upon dishonesty crumbles at the gentlest touch."