Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

I see the cure is not worth the pain.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Either is both, and Both is neither.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all take it ill; to behold man's self so unnaturally disguised and dishonored will conduce not a little to the impeachment of anger.