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"...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded..."

"A tyrant is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader."

"All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince."

"And the only life which looks down upon the life of political ambition is that of true philosophy. Do you know of any other?"

"Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light."

"As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least with are the greatest babblers."

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."

"Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance."

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity"