Ignorance: the root of all evil.
I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.
If you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange.
The soul is like a pair of winged horses and a charioteer joined in natural union.
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth.