Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it cannot exist without them. Hence it is hard to be truly great-souled, for greatness of soul is impossible without moral nobility.

A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

We laugh at that which we cannot bear to face.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

Law is order, and good law is good order.

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.