The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
The government of freemen is nobler and implies more virtue than despotic government. Neither is a city to be deemed happy or a legislator to be praised because he trains his citizens to conquer and obtain dominion over their neighbors, for there is great evil in this.
Happiness depends on ourselves.
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.
Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man.