Beauty is a gift of God.

Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man.

Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action.

[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.

There is no such thing as committing adultery with the right woman, at the right time, and in the right way, for it is simply WRONG.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.