The tyrant, who in order to hold his power, suppresses every superiority, does away with good men, forbids education and light, controls every movement of the citizens and, keeping them under a perpetual servitude, wants them to grow accustomed to baseness and cowardice, has his spies everywhere to listen to what is said in the meetings, and spreads dissension and calumny among the citizens and impoverishes them, is obliged to make war in order to keep his subjects occupied and impose on them permanent need of a chief.

Truth is a remarkable thing. We cannot miss knowing some of it. But we cannot know it entirely.

The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.

Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be.

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

Bad men are full of repentance.

A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.