The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.

You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.

He who begs timidly courts a refusal.

How much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.

There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.