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

“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.”

“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.”

“All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help”

“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.”

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