If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods.
Good cheer is no hindrance to a good life.
It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.
Those that study particular sciences, and neglect philosophy, are like Penelope's wooers, that make love to the waiting women.
Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.
The vice lies not in entering the bordello but in not coming out.