The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in the hearing of persons who cannot take in at a glance a complicated argument or follow a long chain of reasoning.

Every effort therefore must be made to perpetuate prosperity. And, since that is to the advantage of the rich as well as the poor, all that accrues from the revenues should be collected into a single fund and distributed in block grants to those in need, if possible in lump sums large enough for the acquisition of a small piece of land, but if not, enough to start a business, or work in agriculture. And if that cannot be done for all, the distribution might be by tribes or some other division each in turn.

For often, when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.

A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.

Patience s bitter, but it's fruit is sweet.