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

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.

Wisdom is knowing when you don't know

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training

The alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls. They will trust the written characters and not remember themselves.

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?