Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the body without the soul.

It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.

Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

Poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also say many fine things without any understanding of what they say.

Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.