Big fish eat small fish with as much right as they have power.

Men will find that they can ... avoid far more easily the perils which beset them on all sides by united action.

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

The proper study of a wise man is not how to die but how to live.

What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.