Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Wicked men obey out of fear. good men, out of love

For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.

A city is composed of different kinds of men; similar people cannot bring a city into existence.

It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.

We work to earn our leisure.

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.