Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities.

A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need.

Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.

Abstruse questions must have abstruse answers.

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.

Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils.

It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.