Pythagoras

"Choose silence of all virtues, for it is the ornament of the wise."

"A friend is a second self."

"Do not allow the deep to possess your mind, nor the heights to disturb your equanimity."

"Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men."

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."

"The oldest, shortest words—yes and no—are those which require the most thought."

"No one is free who has not obtained dominion over himself."

"Silence is better than useless speech."

"Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please."

"Choose the best life; habit will soon render it pleasant."

"In making a friend, don't be too quick with your mouth."

"Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a dinner party."

"The measure of what we are is what we do with what we have."

"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres."

"Choose always the best: habit will soon render it pleasant and easy."

"As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower animals, he will never know health or peace."

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

"Be silent or say something better than silence."

"Do not stir the fire with iron."

"Strength of character consists of two things, power of will and power of thought."

"Everything is full of gods."

"The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil."

"Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill, receive conclusion."

"Let thy highest ambition be that of character."

"Reason is immortal, all else mortal."

"In choosing a friend, go up a stair."

"Choose silence of all virtues, for it is the great ornament of eloquence."

"No word should ever be spoken carelessly."

"All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts."

"Decline the office of arbiter unless you feel that you can settle the difference."