Socrates

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought
to be.

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought
to be.

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

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

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would read more

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own.