Do not put chewed bones back on plates. Instead, throw them on the floor for the dog.

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people.

Invoked or not invoked, the god is present.

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?

It seems to me to be the best proof of an evangelical disposition, that persons are not angry when reproached, and have a Christian charity for those that ill deserve it.

You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.