"But tell me, this physician of whom..." - Quote by Plato

“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”

“He who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful ... will not, when in earnest, write them in ink.”

“Every man is a poet when he is in love.”

“Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.”

“I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible one.”

“Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.”

“A business which exists to make one man or one family rich, and whose existence is of no moment when this is achieved, is not solidly founded.”

“The world is not a factory and animals are not products for our use”

“The feeling for what ought and ought not to be grows and dies like a tree, and no fertilizer of any kind will do much good. What the individual can do is give a fine example, and have the courage to firmly uphold ethical convictions in a society of cynics. I have for a long time tried to conduct myself this way, with varying success.”