"Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men."
"There is no glory in otustripping donkeys."
"Gifts are like hooks."
"Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst."
"A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere."
"Virtue extends our days: he live two lives who relives his past with pleasure."
"It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent."
"The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things."
