Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?

I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

There is a false love that will make you something you are not.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.