He who has conferred a benefit on anyone from motives of love or honor will feel pain, if he sees that the benefit is received without gratitude.

The angry man wishes the object of his anger to suffer in return; hatred wishes its object not to exist.

Friendship also seems to be the bond that hold communities together.

The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the souls ability to nourish itself must lie in the heart.

We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.

It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.