He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.