An honest man is always a child.

I shall never act differently, even if I have to die for it many times

What a lot of things there are a man can do without

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages...

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the...

Man’s life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Nuestra juventud de ahora ama el lujo. Tiene malos modales, desprecia la autoridad; le falta el respeto a susmayores y le encanta charlar en lugar de trabajar; ya no se levanta cuando un adulto entra...

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.

God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know them to be speaking not...

When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

I pray thee, O God that I may be beautiful within

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

She soars on her own wings.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.

It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment are low, has the greatest chance of having them fully satisfied; and a highly endowed being will always feel that any happiness which he can...

A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.

All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

Call no man unhappy until he is married

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Suddenly there were people who came to realize that there must be some things that must be done about the natural environment,

God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the...

Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Envy is the ulcer of the soul

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

The ancient oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing.

If the soul is immortal, it demands our care not only for that part of time which we call life, but for all time: and indeed it would seem now that it will be extremely...

He is the richest who is content with the least

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior