Just as you ought not to attempt to cure eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

Talk in order that I may see you.

How many things are there which I do not want.

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.

It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one

In order that the mind should see light instead of darkness, so the entire soul must be turned away from this changing world, until its eye can learn to contemplate reality and that supreme splendor which we have called the good. Hence there may well be an art whose aim would be to effect this very thing.