There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.

We wake sleeping, and sleep waking. I do not see so clearly in my sleep; but as to my being awake, I never found it clear enough and free from clouds.

Socrates, who was a perfect model in all great qualities, ... hit on a body and face so ugly and so incongruous with the beauty of his soul, he who was so madly in love with beauty.

Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first; they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those who want to learn, the obstacle can often be the authority of those who teach]

Nor is it enough to toughen up his soul; you must also toughen up his muscles.

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.