He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
Female cats are very Lascivious, and make advances to the male.
The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook
When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.
Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.'