“What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.”

“Men forget where the way leads and what they meet with every day seems strange to them.We should not act and speak like men asleep.”

“Other men are unaware of what they do when they are awake just as they are forgetful of what they do when they are asleep.”

“Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.”

“It is not appropriate to act and speak like men asleep.”

“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.”

“The lord whose is the oracle at Delphoi neither utters nor hides his meaning, but shows it by a sign.The Sibyl, with raving lips uttering things mirthless, unbedizened, and unperfumed, reaches over a thousand years with her voice, thanks to the god in her.”