Probabilities direct the conduct of the wise man.
To give counsel, as well as to take it, is a feature of true friendship.
Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.
Like readily consorts with like.
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
You might as well take the sun out of the sky as friendship from life: for the immortal gods have given us nothing better or more delightful.