Neither I nor any other man should, on trial or in way, contrive to avoid death at any cost.

My divine sign indicates the future to me.

No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good use—of other things, and since knowledge is what provides this goodness of use and also good fortune, every man must, as seems plausible, prepare himself by every means for this: to be as wise as possible. Right?