Phocion Compared The Speeches Of Leosthenes To

The Richest Soil, If Uncultivated, Produces The Rankest Weeds.

Julius Caesar Divorced His Wife Pompeia, But Declared At The Trial That He Knew Nothing Of What Was Alleged Against Her And Clodius. When Asked Why, In That Case, He Had Divorced Her, He Replied: Because I Would Have The Chastity Of My Wife Clear Even Of Suspicion.

Our Nature Holds So Much Envy And Malice That Our Pleasure In Our Own Advantages Is Not So Great As Our Distress At Others'.

Were It Only To Learn Benevolence To Humankind, We Should Be Merciful To Other Creatures.

No Man Ever Wetted Clay And Then Left It, As If There Would Be Bricks By Chance And Fortune.