I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better.

It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Out of all those centuries the Greeks can count seven sages at the most, and if anyone looks at them more closely I swear he'll not find so much as a half-wise man or even a third of a wise man among them.

The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly

Invoked or not invoked, the god is present.

Be careful not to be the first to put your hands in the dish. What you cannot hold in your hands you must put on your plate. Also it is a great breach of etiquette when your fingers are dirty and greasy, to bring them to your mouth in order to lick them, or to clean them on your jacket. It would be more decent to use the tablecloth.