Man is by nature a political animal.
In everything, it is no easy task to find the middle.
One may go wrong in many different ways, but right only in one, which is why it is easy to fail and difficult to succeed.
The gods too are fond of a joke.
In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.
To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.