If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods.
The vice lies not in entering the bordello but in not coming out.
Good cheer is no hindrance to a good life.
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 art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.