Fellow citizens, why do you burn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom you must one day relinquish all?

Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.

The greatest flood has the soonest ebb; the sorest tempest the most sudden calm; the hottest love the coldest end; and from the deepest desire oftentimes ensues the deadliest hate.

I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance.

The bad one is that way because of the ignorance, therefore he can be healed with wisdom.

I call that man idle who might be better employed.

Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are.