I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)
Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.
Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
The flesh believes that pleasure is limitless and that it requires unlimited time; but the mind, understanding the end and limit of the flesh and ridding itself of fears of the future, secures a complete life and has no longer any need for unlimited time.
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.