Courage is knowing what to fear.

A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

All well bred men should have mastered the art of singing and dancing.

The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best.

People regard the same things, some as just and others as unjust, - about these they dispute; and so there arise wars and fightings among them.

And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine