As small letters hurt the sight, so do small matters him that is too much intent upon them; they vex and stir up anger, which begets an evil habit in him in reference to greater affairs.

Men who marry wives very much superior to themselves are not so truly husbands to their wives as they are unawares made slaves to their position.

Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for.

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.

For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow had an experience which enabled me to follow the meaning of words.