Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

Love comes with hunger.