A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can."

For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow had an experience which enabled me to follow the meaning of words.

A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service.

Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.

Either is both, and Both is neither.

I confess myself the greatest coward in the world, for I dare not do an ill thing.

Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.