It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

It has been ordained that there be summer and winter, abundance and dearth, virtue and vice, and all such opposites for the harmony of the whole, and (Zeus) has given each of us a body, property, and companions.

Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.