Not by wisdom do they [poets] make what they compose, but by a gift of nature and an inspiration similar to that of the diviners and the oracles.
Be true to thine own self.
Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?
Wisdom is knowing when you don't know
If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease.
It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.