Anybody can be a hellene, by his heart, his mind, his spirit.

I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

All that we know is nothing can be known.

The beginning is the most important part, especially when dealing with anything young and tender.

Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.