Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.