“Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.”

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

Soul and intellect are just the same things.

It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.

All things happen by virtue of necessity.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

The word is the shadow of the deed.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.

I want to consistently play well and win titles. I’m only at the beginning.

The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.

It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.