There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he.

Of all the Gods, Love is the best friend of humankind, the helper and healer of all ills that stand in the way of human happiness.

A work well begun is half-ended.

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