It is necessary that one who really and truly fights for the right, if he is to survive even for a short time, shall act as a private man, not as a public man |
It is not living that matters, but living rightly. |
Let him that would move the world, first move himself. |
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. |
Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing. |
Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf. |
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. |
My belief is that to have no wants is divine |
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak. |
No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades- that of government |
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. |
Nothing is to be preferred before justice. |
Nothing is to be preferred before justice. |
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior. |
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. |