| Quotes |
Topic |
| Cities | Every man cannot go to Corinthum. |
| Conscience | Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt. |
| Content | The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing. |
| Content | Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants. |
| Content | Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain. |
| Courage | The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant. |
| Courage | One man with courage makes a majority. |
| Crime | It is grievous to be caught. |
| Crime | A crafty knave needs no broker. |
| Desire | Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing. |
| Despair | Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer. |
| Eating | Though your threshing floor grind a hundred thousand bushels of corn, not for that reason will your stomach hold more than mine. |
| Eating | The consummate pleasure is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating? |
| Eating | A stomach that is seldom empty despises common food. |
| Envy | The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants. |
| Envy | If I smile at the strong perfumes of the silly Rufillus must I be regarded as envious and ill-natured? |
| Errors | One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. |
| Example | As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice. |
| Fear | I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy den, and none returning. |
| Fire | Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on fire. |
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