Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
Home joys are blessed of heaven.
What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.
All art is but imitation of nature.
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort. To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.