Only the dead will know the end of the war.

More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else.

But he who has been earnest in the love of knowledge and of true wisdom, and has exercised his intellect more than any other part of him, must have thoughts immortal and divine. If he attain truth, and in so far as human nature is capable of sharing in immortality, he must altogether be immortal.

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors.

The soul should concentrate itself by itself.

All well bred men should have mastered the art of singing and dancing.