There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated.

The god, O men, seems to me to be really wise; and by his oracle to mean this, that the wisdom of this world is foolishness and of none effect.

The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets.

You ought not to heal the body without the soul, for this is the great error of our day in treating the human body.

It is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.

Madness is a divine release of the soul from the yoke of custom and convention.