There is no small pleasure in pure water.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.

It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist.

Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.

Chastity, once lost, cannot be recalled; it goes only once.

It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a work of art.

I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.