Plutarch

"In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom."

"Hope is a waking dream."

"The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is false."

"It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise being."

"Absence is to love what wind is to fire."

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

"Music is the voice of the heart."

"In politics, the good thing about free speech is that you can tell the truth without being accused of slander."

"The gods approve of no virtue more than prudence."

"Strength of mind rests in sobriety."

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."

"Know thyself."

"Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely armed against fear."

"When the flower blooms, bees come uninvited."

"It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself."

"Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly."

"The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants and a contented mind."

"Leave no stone unturned."

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

"To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult."

"Character is destiny."

"Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

"The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least."

"Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech."

"A man's own manner is his best introduction."

"When a man is out of sight, it is not out of mind."

"The measure of a person is what they do with power."

"Calamity is the test of integrity."

"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future."