"Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly."

"No man is free who is not master of himself."

"We have two ears and one mouth so we may listen more and talk the less."

"A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

"Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast."

"What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows."

"A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour."

"The way to final freedom is within thy self."

"There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know."

"He has a splendid repertoire of 500 words. Why does he insist on using only 150?"

"The stage lost a fine actor, just as science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime."

"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."