Concerning the generation of animals akin to them, as hornets and wasps, the facts in all cases are similar to a certain extent, but are devoid of the extraordinary features which characterize bees; this we should expect, for they have nothing divine about them as the bees have.

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

Talent is culture with insolence.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.

The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.