"I know nothing, except the fact of..." - Quote by Diogenes

“Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.”

“Love comes with hunger.”

“Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.”

“The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.”

“Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.”

“We are all very ignorant. What happens is that not all ignore the same things.”

“It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.”

“Webster never goes behind government, and so cannot speak with authority about it. His words are wisdom to those legislators who contemplate no essential reform in the existing government; but for thinkers, and those who legislate for all time, he never once glances at the subject.... Comparatively, he is always strong, original, and, above all, practical. Still, his quality is not wisdom, but prudence.”

“A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.”