No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.

I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.

Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Love comes with hunger.

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.

All things are in common among friends.