Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.