Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation.

- Isocrates

It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is nothing s…

- Isocrates

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is immortal.

- Isocrates

Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought.

- Isocrates

Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends.

- Isocrates

Let there be but two occasions for speech - when the subject is one which you thoroughly know and when it is one on which you are compelled to speak.…

- Isocrates

Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes.

- Isocrates

So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and she has made t…

- Isocrates

If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.

- Isocrates