The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

A painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is a good artist, he may deceive children or simple persons, when he shows them his picture of a carpenter from a distance, and they will fancy that they are looking at a real carpenter.

The more I learn, the less I realize I know.

The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.

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?