To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.

Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination.

If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul.

The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown.

There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.

True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's mind, so they are not worth much until you tether them by working out the reason. Once they are tied down, they become knowledge, and are stable.