Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?

There is no learning without remembering.

Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy.

The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.

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

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