"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

"It is only just that anything that up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it owes no one."

"When you admonish a wrongdoer, do so gently, that it may not lead to hostility."

"All learning is in the learner, not the teacher."

"I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools."

"Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul."

"Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness."

"I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.,."

"The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation."

"Each person must tend to the business that accords with his nature."