The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.
Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man.
God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.
Knowledge is our ultimate good.