Satiety comes of too frequent repetition and he who will not give himself leisure to be thirsty can never find the true pleasure of drinking

Truly it is reasonable to make a great distinction between the faults that come from our weakness and those that come from our wickedness.

To philosophize is to learn to die.

Is there anything so grave and serious as an ass?

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.