Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

It was Plato, according to Sosigenes, who set this as a problem for those concerned with these things, through what suppositions of uniform and ordered movements the appearances concerning the movements of the wandering heavenly bodies could be preserved.

Before all it's necessary to look after the Soul, if you want the head and the rest of the body to function correctly.

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.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.