Talent is culture with insolence.

It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

There must be in prudence also some master virtue.

It is the activity of the intellect that constitutes complete human happiness - provided it be granted a complete span of life, for nothing that belongs to happiness can be incomplete.

Two characteristic marks have above all others been recognized as distinguishing that which has soul in it from that which has not - movement and sensation.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

All food must be capable of being digested, and that what produces digestion is warmth; that is why everything that has soul in it possesses warmth.