You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses rather than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses.

Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.

What will the world be quite overturned when you die?

It is better to advise than upbraid, for the one corrects the erring; the other only convicts them.

Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.