Stranger, Here You Will Do Well To

It Is Folly For A Man To Pray To The Gods For That Which He Has The Power To Obtain By Himself.

The Wise Man Who Has Become Accustomed To Necessities Knows Better How To Share With Others Than How To Take From Them, So Great A Treasure Of Self-sufficiency Has He Found.

Thanks Be To Blessed Nature That She Has Made What Is Necessary Easy To Obtain, And What Is Not Easy Unnecessary.

Luxurious Food And Drinks, In No Way Protect You From Harm. Wealth Beyond What Is Natural, Is No More Use Than An Overflowing Container. Real Value Is Not Generated By Theaters, And Baths, Perfumes Or Ointments, But By Philosophy.

The Term "incorporeal" Is Properly Applied Only To The Void, Which Cannot Act Or Be Acted On. Since The Soul Can Act And Be Acted Upon, It Is Corporeal.