Alphabetical Index of Authors

1. This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.
2. The Gods too are fond of a joke.
3. I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
4. It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
5. In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
6. Evil draws men together.
7. Wit is educated insolence.
8. Happiness depends upon ourselves.
9. Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
10. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
11. One swallow does not make a summer.
12. Education is the best provision for old age.
13. The young think they know everything and are confident in their assertions.
14. Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
15. The goal of war is peace; of business, leisure.