The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.
It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.
Follow the argument wherever it leads.
To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images.
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.
The beginning is the most important part, especially when dealing with anything young and tender.
A disorderly mob is no more an army than a heap of building materials is a house.
I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.
I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.