"If one knows what is right, he..." - Quote by Socrates

“To use words and phrases in an easygoing manner without scrutinizing them too curiously is not in general a mark of ill-breeding. On the contrary, there is something low-bred in being too precise. But sometimes there is no help for it”

“There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.”

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

“Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.”

“Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.”

“Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.”

“One is not always happy when one is good; but one is always good when one is happy.”

“It is true that water will flow indifferently to east and west, but will it flow equally well up and down? Human nature is disposed toward goodness, just as water tends to flow downwards. There is no water but flows downwards, and no man but shows his tendency to be good. Now, by striking water hard, you may splash it higher than your forehead, and by damming it, you may make it go uphill. But, is that the nature of water? It is external force that causes it to do so. Likewise, if a man is made to do what is not good, his nature is being similarly forced.”

“The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.”