The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Man is the plumeless genus of bipeds, birds are the plumed.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

The best stomachs are not those which reject all foods.

Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.