Barba non facit philosophum

The new king [Alexander the Great] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate him.

Character is long-standing habit.

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.

Most people do not understand until old age what Plato tells them when they are young.

When one is transported by rage, it is best to observe attentively the effects on those who deliver themselves over to the same passion.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.