The proud man is forsaken of God.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

If it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice.

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.

The best stomachs are not those which reject all foods.

If in a discussion of many matters ... we are not able to give perfectly exact and self-consistent accounts, do not be surprised: rather we would be content if we provide accounts that are second to none in probability.

Sin is disease, deformity, and weakness.