Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.

The partisan when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.

We can do nothing without the body, let us always take care that it is in the best condition to sustain us.

Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.

Knowledge is our ultimate good.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.