There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.

Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed .

The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

To live long, live slowly.

Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything.

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