Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.
Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.
A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions
Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.
Truth is a remarkable thing. We cannot miss knowing some of it. But we cannot know it entirely.