Those who are not angry at the things they should be angry at are thought to be fools, and so are those who are not angry in the right way, at the right time, or with the right persons.

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

The goodness or badness, justice or injustice, of laws varies of necessity with the constitution of states. This, however, is clear, that the laws must be adapted to the constitutions. But if so, true forms of government will of necessity have just laws, and perverted forms of government will have unjust laws.

If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice at his hands.

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.

In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.

...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.