The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.