There were few who preferred honor to money.

The fact that the stars predict high or low rank for the father of the person whose horoscope is taken, teaches that they do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things. For how could things which preceded the birth depend upon the birth?

All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.

To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all - they produced an oyster.

Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.