...one thing I am ready to fight for as long as I can, in word and act: that is, that we shall be better, braver and more active men if we believe it right to look for what we don't know than if we believe there is no point in looking because what we don't know we can never discover.

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good use—of other things, and since knowledge is what provides this goodness of use and also good fortune, every man must, as seems plausible, prepare himself by every means for this: to be as wise as possible. Right?

When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.

I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

There is no learning without remembering.