I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the foundation, and from these truths to choose the most beautiful things and arrange them in the most elegant way; and I was quite proud to think how well I should speak, because I believed that I knew the truth.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

Cooking is a form of flattery....a mischievous, deceitful, mean and ignoble activity, which cheats us by shapes and colors, by smoothing and draping.

Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.

The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.