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•     The emperor Tiberius used to say that man, after the age of 35, should no longer have any need of doctors. This maxim is true in as much as man, by the time he reached the halfway point in his life, ought to have gained enough experience about himself to know what things are harmful and beneficial to him. By means of a good diet, he should be able to govern himself in such a way as to keep his health in perfect balance. This is not difficult to do so as long as his condition is not threatened by innate defects or by some serious injuries.
• Ice cream at the end of dinner does no harm; indeed it does good, since it draws back to the stomach the warmth necessary for good digestion.
• Languages are not born overnight but for the most part grow seamlessly out of languages over generations and centuries.
• Alexander the Great says about his teacher’s greatness. He says that his father brought him from heaven to this earth, but his teacher has made him to go to heaven from the earth.