“I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.”

“I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.”

“I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.”

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

“Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.”

“If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.”

“Why should I fear death?If I am, then death is not.If Death is, then I am not.Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?Long time men lay oppressed with slavish fear.Religious tyranny did domineer.At length the mighty one of GreeceBegan to assent the liberty of man.”