To be the equal of one's opponent-this is the first condition of an honourable duel.

The inability to lie is far from the love of truth.

In a certain state it is indecent to live longer.

The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility.

Not to him who is offensive to us are we most unfair, but to him who doth not concern us at all.

They're so cold, these scholars! May lightning strike their food so that their mouths learn how to eat fire!

A labyrinthine man never seeks the truth, but only his Ariadne.