When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.
Man's greatest victory is over oneself.
Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement.
My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - 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?
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
A house that has a library in it has a soul.