Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions.

One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man.

I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

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

An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the beginner of secret sedition and the perpetual tormentor of virtue. Envy is the filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, or quicksilver which consumeth the flesh and drieth up the marrow of the bones.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.