It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
A pleasing countenance is no light advantage.
He who can simulate sanity will be sane.
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.