Horace was not more happy when, in defence of Aristippus, he declared that any philosopher would turn up his nose at cabbage if he could get himself asked to the tables of rich men.[159] "There was one Zeno," Cicero says, "who laid down laws.

No wise man would forgive any fault.

No man worthy of the name of man would allow himself to be pitiful.

Wise men are beautiful, even though deformed; rich though penniless; kings though they be slaves.

We who are not wise are mere exiles, runagates, enemies of our country, and madmen.