Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.

Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make a fair ending, and then we will praise him; and let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.

The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.

The poets are nothing but interpreters of the gods, each one possessed by the divinity to whom he is in bondage.

The right question is usually more important than the right answer.