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.

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own.

Courage is virtue which champions the cause of right.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.