He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.