All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

To die, and thus avoid poverty or love, or anything painful, is not the part of a brave man, but rather of a coward; for it is cowardice to avoid trouble, and the suicide does not undergo death because it is honorable, but in order to avoid evil.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

You are what you repeatedly do

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Philosophy begins with wonder.

Two characteristic marks have above all others been recognized as distinguishing that which has soul in it from that which has not - movement and sensation.