The hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces.

The hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces.

The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance.

I alone know I am wise because I alone know I know nothing.

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.

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