Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.

Ignorance is the cause of fear.

The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.