Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

Though flattery blossoms like friendship, yet there is a vast difference in the fruit.

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

For this fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown; since no one knows whether death, which they in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

Flattery is like a painted armor; only for show.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.