We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.