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It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

Certain signs precede certain events.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.

What's the good of it? for whose advantage?

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

No man was ever great without divine inspiration.

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.

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.

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

Habit is, as it were, a second nature.

It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Hatred is settled anger.

In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.