We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.