A painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is a good artist, he may deceive children or simple persons, when he shows them his picture of a carpenter from a distance, and they will fancy that they are looking at a real carpenter.

The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.

There are two kinds of disease of the soul, vice and ignorance.

If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease.

I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.

Listen not to a tale-bearer or slanderer, for he tells thee nothing out of good-will; but as he discovereth of the secrets of others, so he will of thine in turn.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.