Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
Beans have a soul.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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.
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.