The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good.
Man by nature wants to know.
A change in the shape of the body creates a change in the state of the soul.
The senses are gateways to the intelligence. There is nothing in the intelligence which did not first pass through the senses.