Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all.
Unraveling the web of Penelope.
Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, “Of the world”; for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.
The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.
As I breathe, I hope.
Nothing quite new is perfect.
There were poets before Homer.
Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.
The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move.
There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.
Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne’er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf.
I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst.
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake.
It is difficult to tell how much men’s minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech.
A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.
The forehead is the gate of the mind.
The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes.
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.
In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into immorality.