The mob is the mother of tyrants.
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
No man is hurt but by himself.
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.