You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man.

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves

Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.

Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?

I am very conscious that I am not wise at all.

Before the birth of Love, many fearful things took place through the empire of necessity; but when this god was born, all things rose to men.