To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.

To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.

One may call the world a myth , in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden. Besides, to wish to teach the whole truth about the Gods to all produces contempt in the foolish, because they cannot understand, and lack of zeal in the good, whereas to conceal the truth by myths prevents the contempt of the foolish, and compels the good to practice philosophy.

The essences of the Gods never came into existence (for that which always is never comes into existence; and that exists for ever which possesses primary force and by nature suffers nothing): neither do they consist of bodies; for even in bodies the powers are incorporeal. Neither are they contained by space; for that is a property of bodies. Neither are they separate from the first cause nor from one another, just as thoughts are not separate from mind nor acts of knowledge from the soul.

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.