Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

Though laughter is allowable, a horse-laugh is abominable.

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.

Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.