If you will be guided by me, you will make little account of Socrates, and much more of truth.

It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible.

Often when looking at a mass of things for sale, he would say to himself, 'How many things I have no need of!'

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.