Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.

- Apuleius

But he who knows what insanity is, is sane; whereas insanity can no more be sensible of its own existence, than blindness can see itself.

- Apuleius

Venus herself, if she were bold, would not be Venus.

- Apuleius

If I keep my good character, I shall be rich enough.

- Apuleius

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.

- Apuleius

A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood.

- Apuleius

It is a difficult matter to keep love imprisoned.

- Apuleius