A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong - acting the part of a good man or of a bad.

If we are to have any hope for the future, those who have lanterns must pass them on to others.

Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.

Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp

Trees and fields tell me nothing: men are my teachers.

No soul willfully does wrong.

Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.