Only the dead have seen the end of war.
That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.
The soul is like a pair of winged horses and a charioteer joined in natural union.
'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'
It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.
They ought to be gentle to their friends and dangerous to their enemies.