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

You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.

But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God.

When you want success as badly as you want the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret of success.

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.