They're thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he'll learn all that is necessary for him to know.

Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.

Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?

Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.

Keep not money, but keep good people's company.

Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?

I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.