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.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.