"I only wish that wisdom were such a thing as flowed from the fuller to the emptier man, as water does from a full cup to an empty one when we a thread between them."

"I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue come money and every other good of man, public as well as private."

"I will obey the god rather than you, and as long as I draw breath and am able, I shall not cease to practice philosophy."

"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."

"I am a citizen of the world."