. . . the man is free, we say, who exists for his own sake and not for another's.

A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

The soul is the form of the body

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.