It is the mark of an educated mind to expect that amount of exactness which the nature of the particular subject admits. It is equally unreasonable to accept merely probable conclusions from a mathematician and to demand strict demonstration from an orator.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.

A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.