A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up.
...the life which is best for men, both separately, as individuals, and in the mass, as states, is the life which has virtue sufficiently supported by material resources to facilitate participation in the actions that virtue calls for.
Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.
The avarice of mankind is insatiable.
For good is simple, evil manifold.
Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.