No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades- that of government

What a lot of things there are a man can do without

An honest man is always a child.

I thought to myself, 'I am wiser than this man: neither of us knows anything that is really worthwhile, but he thinks he has knowledge when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think that I have. I seem, at any rate, to be a little wiser

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.