Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will. (Pythagoras)
It is only necessary to make war with five things with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the flesh, with the seditions of the politic and the discords of families. (Pythagoras)
He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast Among men he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men. (Pythagoras)
For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love. (Pythagoras)
Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few. (Pythagoras)
In all thou dost first let thy prayers ascend, and to the Gods thy labors first commend, from them implore success, and hope a prosperous end. (Pythagoras)
If there be light, then there is darkness if cold, heat if height, depth if solid, fluid if hard, soft if rough, smooth if calm, tempest if prosperity, adversity if life, death. (Pythagoras)
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. (Pythagoras)
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. (Pythagoras)
Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten. (Pythagoras)
Above all things, reverence yourself. (Pythagoras)
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. (Pythagoras)