Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Be as you wish to seem.
An honest man is always a child.
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
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