Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

The god, O men, seems to me to be really wise; and by his oracle to mean this, that the wisdom of this world is foolishness and of none effect.

Now nothing can be more important than that the work of a soldier should be well done.

Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

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

At the touch of love, everyone is a poet.