Socrates

The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.

One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

One can resist the invasion of an army, but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

Oftentimes, it’s the way we react to change that is the thing that determines the overall experience.

Pity the man who has a character to support – it is worse than a large family – he is silent poor indeed.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Birth and death are so closely related that one could not destroy either without destroying the other at the same time. It is extinction that makes creation possible.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us.

Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.

I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

We had the sky up there, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss whether they was made or just happened.

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

Be an opener of doors.