...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage

Both Empedocles and Heraclitus held it for a truth that man could not be altogether cleared from injustice in dealing with beasts as he now does.

He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.

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

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.

Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.