Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.
Life unexamined, is not worth living.
Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.