"Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes."

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness, depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom."

"An accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men."

"No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern."

"He could not harm me, for I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse."

"It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn. The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant."

"Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore, he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom no longer.,."

"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses."

"I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it."

"Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and honorable, finds a little afterwards that he is wicked, faithless, and then he meets with another of the same character. When a man experiences this often, and more particularly from those whom he considered his most dear and best friends, at last, having frequently made a slip, he hates the whole world, and thinks that there is nothing sound at all in any of them."

"Science is nothing but perception."

"Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety."

"Human behavior flows from three main sources desire, emotion, and knowledge."

"I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with."

"Democracy passes into despotism."

"I prefer nothing, unless it is true."

"Great crimes and pure evil come only from vigorous natures perverted by upbringing; a weak nature never does anything great, good or evil."

"Must not all things at last be swallowed up in Death?"

"No matter how hard you fight the darkness, every light casts a shadow, and the closer you get to the light, the darker that shadow becomes."

"No one ever dies an atheist."