Occupation: Biographer Birth: 45 Death: 120
One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not pronounce that syllable No..
By the study of their biographies, we receive each man as a guest into our minds, and we seem to understand their character as the result of a person….
The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves the whole, and by yielding in a….
Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue..
It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the ….
It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension..
What is bigger than an elephant? But this also is become man's plaything, and a spectacle at public solemnities; and it learns to skip, dance, and kn….
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends..
He [Caesar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor..
I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up..
Children are to be won to follow liberal studies by exhortations and rational motives, and on no account to be forced thereto by whipping..
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken..
If we traverse the world, it is possible to find cities without walls, without letters, without kings, without wealth, without coin, without schools ….
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but he that saith it….
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny..
Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the other han….
We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away..
The Epicureans, according to whom animals had no creation, doe suppose that by mutation of one into another, they were first made; for they are the s….
That we may consult concerning others, and not others concerning us..
Talkativeness has another plague attached to it, even curiosity; for praters wish to hear much that they may have much to say..
Custom is almost a second nature..