Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.
A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.
Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage.
Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.
Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.