That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is.

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

Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.

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

There is a ... matter - much more valuable and divine than natural philosophy . ... On this matter I must speak to you in enigmas.

The wisdom of men is worth little or nothing.

Violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort-they are reliefs of pain.