Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word.

The beginnings of all things are small.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.

Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.