At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred to him, and he was the inventor of many arts, such as arithmetic and calculation and geometry and astronomy and draughts and dice, but his great discovery was the use of letters.

Wisest is he who knows what he does not know.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also say many fine things without any understanding of what they say.

Everything changes and nothing remains still.

Integrity is your destiny-it is the light that guides your way.