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

It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.

I am very conscious that I am not wise at all.

Those then who know not wisdom and virtue, and are always busy with gluttony and sensuality, go down and up again as far as the mean; and in this region they move at random throughout life, but they never pass into the true upper world; thither they neither look, nor do they ever find their way, neither are they truly filled with true being, nor do they ever taste of pure and abiding pleasure.

My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves

It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring habits that shortens the other half

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