A vivid image compels the whole body to follow.
A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.
The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Well begun is half done.
The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.