Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher

One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them.

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

Is it not, then, better to be ridiculous and friendly than clever and hostile?

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.

Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.