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.

Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge

I know that I know nothing.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.