It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

The intention makes the crime.

The souls ability to nourish itself lies in the heart.

We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.

Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.

Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure.

The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want.