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

All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.

The partisan when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.

The hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.

All things in moderation, including moderation.