“It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls”
“How can I study from below, that which is above?”
“Let each man exercise the art he knows.”
“Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.”
“[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.”
“Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.”