You should not ask of divinity that which, when you have obtained, you will not perpetually possess.
Accustom your soul after [it has conceived all that is great of] divinity, to conceive something great of itself.
Esteem nothing to be precious, which a bad man may take from you.
He is dear to divinity, who considers those things alone to be precious, which are esteemed to be so by divinity.
Every thing which is more than necessary to man, is hostile to him.
He who loves that which is not expedient, will not love that which is expedient.
The intellect of the wise man is always with divinity.
God dwells in the intellect of the wise man.
Every desire is insatiable, and therefore is always in want.
The wise man is always similar to himself.