If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

The whole of virtue consists in its practice.

Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Falsehoods border on truths.