The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men in their various relations with each other, in whatever circumstances they may be, that they will neither injure nor be injured.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.

Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach.

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.