We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.

We have complicated every simple gift of the gods.

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.

Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.