Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.
I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own proper jewels - temperance and justice, and courage, and nobility and truth - she is ready to go on her journey when the hour comes.
True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.
YOU ARE NOT ONLY GOOD TO YOURSELF, BUT THE CAUSE OF GOODNESS IN OTHERS