Where there is no strife there is decay: 'The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.'
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
Change alone is unchanging.
What we have caught and what we have killed we have left behind, but what has escaped us we bring with us.