Plutarch

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

"No one can deprive you of your free will."

"The greatest wealth is wisdom, the greatest poverty is foolishness."

"In friendship there is no unpleasant conversation."

"War does not determine who is right—only who is left."

"Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues."

"The false and the basest of all things is an unquiet spirit."

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice."

"Fame and glory come to those who dare to dream without limits."

"Children are mirrors of their parents."

"An old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night."

"Great things are done by devotion to one thing."

"The man who makes the fewest mistakes makes the most progress."

"Rumor is a pipe blown by surmises, jealousies, and conjectures."

"The image of life is full of changes, and the soul must follow the fortunes of the body."

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

"Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause."

"When the flower blooms, bees come uninvited."

"He who listens to reason is lost; reason enslaves all who heed it."

"Know thyself is a precept for the wise; control thyself is a command for the strong."

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

"Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"Silence is true wisdom's best reply."

"The man who is aware of his ignorance is closer to truth than he who is aware of much."

"A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him."

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

"When men take justice in their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes."

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

"Brevity of style is suited to business; prolixity to learning."