Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
In cases of this sort, let us say adultery, rightness and wrongness do not depend on committing it with the right woman at the right time and in the right manner, but the mere fact of committing such action at all is to do wrong.
Everyone honors the wise.
Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.
Character is revealed through action.
Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.