No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades, that of government.

To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.

In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine.

The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.

If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.