Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

Listen not to a tale-bearer or slanderer, for he tells thee nothing out of good-will; but as he discovereth of the secrets of others, so he will of thine in turn.

Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.

Through your rags I see your vanity.

The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.