"Remember that if you are doing something for your own good, you must not be ashamed of it, even if the mob is going to misinterpret it."

"The greater part of what we say and do is unnecessary, and if a man would cut it out, he would have more leisure and less disturbance."

"You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will."

"Every man's life is a train of choices, and every choice has a consequence."

"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak."