It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.

The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.

I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.