Nothing Man I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. - Socrates
God Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. - Socrates
Worth People Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. - Socrates
Courage Man He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. - Socrates
Injustice Evil Right Man One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him. - Socrates
Knowledge Nothing To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. - Socrates
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect. - Maimonides
While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it. - Maimonides
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. - Francis Bacon