King of the animals — as thou hast described him — I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest — because thou hast spared slaying them, in order that they may give thee their children for the benefit of the gullet, of which thou hast attempted to make a sepulchre for all animals; and I would say still more, if it were allowed me to speak the entire truth.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art

Oh! Speculators on things, boast not of knowing the things that nature ordinarily brings about; but rejoice if you know the end of those things which you yourself device.

To lie is vile, to tell truth is excellent, if not noble.

He who can copy can do.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.