Empty Is The Argument Of The Philosopher

I Would Rather Be First In A Little Iberian Village Than Second In Rome.

Vain Is The Word Of A Philosopher Which Does Not Heal Any Suffering Of Man. For Just As There Is No Profit In Medicine If It Does Not Expel The Diseases Of The Body, So There Is No Profit In Philosophy Either, If It Does Not Expel The Suffering Of The Mind.

Natural Wealth Is Limited And Easily Obtained; The Wealth Defined By Vain Fancies Is Always Beyond Reach.

We Must, Therefore, Pursue The Things That Make For Happiness, Seeing That When Happiness Is Present, We Have Everything; But When It Is Absent, We Do Everything To Possess It.

No Pleasure Is Evil In Itself; But The Means By Which Certain Pleasures Are Gained Bring Pains Many Times Greater Than The Pleasures.