If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.