If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing.

Eloquence; it requires the pleasant and the real; but the pleasant must itself be drawn from the true.

Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.

The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.

Making fun of philosophy is really philosophising.

There are plenty of maxims in the world; all that remains is to apply them.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.