The prisoner grows to love his chains.

Such, Echecrates, was the end of our comrade, who was, we may fairly say, of all those whom we knew in our time, the bravest and also the wisest and most upright man.

And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine

The ultimate design of the Mysteries ... was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, ... a perfect enjoyment of intellectual [spiritual] good.

To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

Experience proves that anyone who has studied geometry is infinitely quicker to grasp difficult subjects than one who has not.

Wine fills the heart with courage.