We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.
This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.
This world is inescapably linked to the motions of the worlds above. All power in this world is ruled by these options.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
That which is excellent endures.
Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.