It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.
The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.