True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.