Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.

Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.

His only fault is that he has no fault.

I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.

But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.

It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.

We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.