Man is almost always as wicked as his needs require.

The surest way of concealing from others the boundaries of one s own knowledge is not to overstep them.

The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.

Everything since Homer has improved, except poetry.

Men are ready to suffer anything from others or from heaven itself, provided that, when it comes to words, they are untouched.

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source of that praise.