I shall never fear or avoid things of which I do not know.

It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.

The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.

I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says; to be curious about that which is not my concern, while I am still in ignorance of my own self, would be ridiculous. And therefore I bid farewell to all this; the common opinion is enough for me. For, as I was saying, I want to know not about this, but about myself: am I a monster more complicated and swollen with passion than the serpent Typho, or a creature of a gentler and simpler sort, to whom Nature has given a diviner and lowlier destiny?

When our feet hurt, we hurt all over.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?