Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

Falsehoods border on truths.

Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.

Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.