Wise do not believe that anyone does wrong willingly but only unwillingly out of ignorance.
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, is called love.
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be.