The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.