Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.

Earthworms are the intenstines of the soil.

Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it's your last resort; the only way to express yourself when words fail, the same as when you were a baby and had no words.

The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.

Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.

All things are full of gods.

They who are to be judges must also be performers.