There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with

That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a long time in the study of philosophy appear ridiculous when they enter the courts of law as speakers. Those who have knocked about in courts and the like from their youth up seem to me, when compared with those who have been brought up in philosophy and similar pursuits, to be as slaves in breeding compared with freemen.

As the government is, such will be the man.

If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!