Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

But the Lacedaemonians, who make it their first principle of action to serve their country's interest, know not any thing to be just or unjust by any measure but that.

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.

It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.

Nothing can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that are wicked. By this means the soul will be not only unpolluted but also undisturbed. The fountain will run clear and unsullied.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.