Dionysius The Elder, Being Asked Whether He

We Ought To Regard Books As We Do Sweetmeats, Not Wholly To Aim At The Pleasantest, But Chiefly To Respect The Wholesomest; Not Forbidding Either, But Approving The Latter Most.

Water Continually Dropping Will Wear Hard Rocks Hollow.

Either Is Both, And Both Is Neither.

Moral Habits, Induced By Public Practices, Are Far Quicker In Making Their Way Into Men's Private Lives, Than The Failings And Faults Of Individuals Are In Infecting The City At Large.

Do Not Speak Of Your Happiness To One Less Fortunate Than Yourself.