Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.