Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as honored, not on his own account, but for the sake of his forefathers. Yet hereditary honors are a noble and splendid treasure to descendants.

Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.

All knowledge is but remembrance.

You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?

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

From a short-sided view, the whole moving contents of the heavens seemed to them a parcel of stones, earth and other soul-less bodies, though they furnish the sources of the world order.

It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged. They have been over the road that all of us must travel, and know where it is rough and difficult and where it is level and easy.