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 greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.

Nothing very new. By taking good care of yourselves you are of service to me and my family as well as yourselves, no matter what you do, even if you don't think so at present. But if you neglect yourselves and are unwilling to live, as though following tracks, in accordance with what we now say and have said in the past too, then no matter how much or how seriously you agree with me at present you will accomplish next to nothing.

I know that I know nothing.

False language, evil in itself, infects the soul with evil.

Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.