I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful - may be called intellig…

I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.