Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Let reason govern desire.

No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy.

On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.

It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.