Aristotle said: "Evil brings men together."
We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.
Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies
Justice is Equality...but equality of what?
The law does not expressly permit suicide, and what it does not permit it forbids.
The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.